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Hunting with cheetahs began to be practiced in southern Europe from the fifth century A.D. (Byzantium) and possibly earlier. From about the tenth or eleventh century this type of hunting received wide distribution to many countries of western Europe (Italy, France, and England) and flourished from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. Hunting with cheetahs in Europe demanded great expense in acquiring and maintaining the captured animals, and hence this sport was indulged in exclusively by large landholders. With the disappearance of feudal states, hunting with cheetahs entered into decline in western Europe and ceased altogether in the early eighteenth century. (p. 729) (it) |
