A man holds a black panther in his arms
He plays 'tag' with a lion
He stands on the back of a tiger
How does he do it?
Gerd Siemoneit is The Man in the Cage in this study of a trainer and a mixed group of big cats.
Steve Race puts the questions in an outside broadcast from Billy Smart's Winter Quarters and introduces -
The Humans:
Scientists Dr. Maurice Burton and Gerald Tolliver (U.S.A.)
Trainers Alex Kerr and Norman Barrett
The Animals:
Barrett's Performing Budgerigars
A White Rat Specimen No. 247
Lions Sultan, Pasha, and Prince
Tigers Cora and Mara
Pumas Inca and Piero
Leopards Alpha and Zambo and the black panther Onyx
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