This story is about Christian the Lion. It was sent to me by Frankies breeder in an email. My heart is in my throat right now. Here is Christians Story. Please turn off my music player before watching the video. And now on to Christians story.
I’ll bet you’ve never seen a pet like the one in this Video of the Day. In 1969, two friends, John Rendall and Ace Berg, purchased a lion. At the time, Christian the lion was a 35-pound cub. He had been born in a zoo. The friends raised Christian in their London home. All three hung out in a friend’s furniture shop on the weekends.
Within a year, Christian had grown to 185 lbs. Rendall and Berg realized they couldn’t keep him much longer. But they didn’t know what to do with him. A chance encounter changed that. Two actors from the film Born Free walked into the furniture store.
The actors recommended a conservationist, George Adamson, living in Kenya. Christian was soon in Africa. There he was rehabilitated and released into the wild.
In 1974, Rendall and Berg decided to visit Christian one last time. He was now a wild animal. Adamson told them it was doubtful that Christian could be found. No one had seen him in nine months.
The two flew to Kenya, anyway. On the day they landed, Christian appeared outside Adamson’s camp. Somehow, he knew. He waited outside the camp until Rendall and Berg arrived.
This video was taken during their reunion with Christian. What a story! What a video!
5 comments:
I absolutely adore this story and never tire of seeing the video. It gives me shivers all over. Love is a powerful thing.
Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo! I had never seen this but LOVED Born Free!! How sweet and wonderful is this? Oh my....all those hugs!!
Speaking of Born Free...you've been tagged :)
That was very sweet. It makes you wonder though does he make it ok released back to the wild. Is he happy there, or does he miss his human companions. For some reason I don't want to know how it ends, I will just think it had a happy ending!!!
Thanks for stopping by my blog with your good wishes for us during this time. I confess that although I know Monk is a show, I have never watched it nor heard much about it. But then again, I just discovered the show House and am catching up with all of those episodes via DVD. Loved the story you shared. Love can build a bridge for sure.
OMG what a beautiful story! That is so cool and you can see how the Lion's body was moving that he truly was excited to see them! OMG i love it!
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