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Black Panther

on BBC One London

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
(Postponed from April 9)

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Race
Trainer/Interviewee:
Gerd Siemoneit
Scientist:
Dr Maurice Burton
Scientist:
Gerald Tolliver
Trainer:
Alex Kerr
Trainer:
Norman Barrett
Producer:
Derek Burrell-Davis

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