Vintage Wild Animals as Pets III

~ YesBiscuit
A pet leopard
A blesbok, the pet of British troops
Source for images above:
Animal life and the world of nature: a magazine of natural history throughout the world, Volume II, July 1903 – June 1904
A one month old elk calf pictured in Country Life, July 23, 1904
Country Life, August 13, 1904
Country Life, November 26, 1904
Country-side, May 1913
A pet caracal, brought to England from Africa as a kitten, owned and photographed by Mrs. Butler, published in Country-side, August 1913
One of numerous pet owls owned by Miss E. F. Chawner, Country-side, August 1913

Something unexpected: the notion that hyenas can suck their legs up into their bodies as a (not actually that great) defense:

Country-side, August 1913

I’ll leave you with that one because honestly, I can’t top it.

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