Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-06-29
MlsHAPs OF ANIMALS.
Wild }1adrupeds Which Are Most Liable
to Accidents.

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to Accidents.
Among wild quadrupeds only the
runinants with large horns and long
limbs seem commonly liable to ACCT.
dents. Cases of stays dying with
interlocked antlers are recorded
from time to time, and auckland
gives an account of a curious accident
which befell a big stag in Wind
sor forest. The poor beast had been
standing on it's hind legs to nibble
leaves from thorn tree and caught
its hoof in a fork in the trunk. This
threw it on its back and broke the
bone. Though red deer are in this
country mainly found wild on
mountainous ground, we much
doubt if they are really mountain
species or, specially clever on rocky,
ground. Mr.. J. G. Millais mentions
Dn9 pass where the bones of deer
that have missed their footing and
fallen down the crags may frequent
ly be SEEN Broken limbs are very
common even among park stays,
generally due to fights in rutting
time. This must usually lead to the
death Of deer mall districts where
larg earnivorag are found, but the
astonishing way, in which broken
bones, or even worse injuries re-
ceived by wild animals, cure them
selves if the creature is let alone
shows that the most serious acct
dents need not lead to death, even if
left to nature. s.-.
ID The most striking of recent in
stances is the case of a doe antelope
at Leonardslee, which smashed it's .
hind leg high up and so badly that
the bone protruded. 1t would have
been shot, but it was observed to be
feeding, as if not in pain. It survived
the winter and was seen to swing
the injured leg forward to scratch
its ear before the bone set The frac- .
ture reduced itself, and the cut skin
grew over the place, leaving a scar.
Later, though lame, it was perfectly
well and reared a young one A
tiger killed in the hot weather had
a bullet wound a week old which
had smashed its shoulder. This
wound, though very bad one, was
healthy, and there was
that since it was inflicted
the, tiger had eaten no flesh, but
only drunk water. ..
. 49, In the Waterloo cup coursing in
1885 Miss Glendyne'' and "the run
ners5 up" for the cup were slipped at
a hare which went wild and strong.
When killed after a good course by
theS two crack greyhounds, it was
found to have only three feet. This
may be compared with the account
Of q collie dog, recently quoted in
the Ipapers, which had one fore foot
and one hind foot cut off by a reap
ing machine, but which still man.
ages to help with the flock. Dogs,
that ought to be little liable to &C
are>very frequent sufferers,
largely from their association with l.
man and intense desire to 4partici-
pate in all his doings. One of their
mishaps arises from
their love Of riding in carts; They
become quite clever at scrambling
or jumping in, but are not built r
or jumping down on a hard road. Isl
# the cart moves as they make their
spring, the danger is increased, and
iore legs broken, usually just below
he shoulder, are very" commonly
seen. &.-5f J'~.@- SS-i+ .Stt-'tsa SIS 81 ISL
Dogs also have dangerous falls {
when on the ground, accidents usual
y aseribed to. bipeda and horses. I
4 greyhound going, at full speed
will trip fly head over heels, and
Freak a leg or even its neck. Master
Iagrath in 1870 went through the
often oice1of the river Alt, from :
Altcar takes its name, while Z
the. hare, and nearly died .
rom the effects. But the strangest
nishap which the writer has ever
cen fan to the lot of a dog was the T.
,ase A0f a setter Il that "tripped'' ~
'ver a sitting hare. The dog, a large,
leavy animal, was running at high Il
peed in a field of 9thinly planted
nangold. AS it passed between the &
ows, its hind feet struck something +
nd it nearly turned somersault.
he object was a squatting hare
which, as the dog few over in one q
quietly scuttIed off in the .
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