Christian The Lion meets its owners after a long time - Video posted by Dariusz
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Uploaded by INTHETIMESPACE on Aug 15, 2011
Heart wrenching video of a bond between two men and a lion.
Words cannot express the love between these two men and christian.
Clearly shows that animals have feeling and memory.
n 1969 a young Australian, John Rendall and his friend Ace Bourke, bought a small lion cub from Harrods pet department, which was then legal. 'Christian' was kept in the basement of a furniture shop on the Kings Road in Chelsea, the heart of the swinging sixties. Loved by all, the affectionate cub ate in a local restaurant, played in a nearby graveyard, but was growing fast...
A chance encounter with Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna led to a new life for Christian. He came to live in a huge enclosure and to sleep in a caravan at their Surrey home. Then in 1971 he was flown to Kenya, his ancestral home, and returned to the wild by lion-man George Adamson. Nine months later in 1972, John and Ace returned to Kora in Kenya. This clip is of their reunion at that time.
It was an emotional reunion: "He ran towards us, threw himself onto us, knocked us over and hugged us, with his paws on our shoulders."
John Rendall
Christian's story. Directed by Bill Travers, commentary by Virgina McKenna, founders of the Born Free Foundation.
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Magical. Loved this one.
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I cried this is so sweet
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@pauloquizon I watched MR. Poppers at the Cinema yesterday. :o
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So cute!!!!! :D
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Yes!!! it breaks my heart... but i was the first to dislike!! ROFL...
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Speechless
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I hope this Lion would eat me,when i compare the views with biebers bloody baby.SICK,
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Sweet..:')
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Whooo!! i cried here. T.T
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@pauloquizon hahahahahahahahha !! dork!
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I watched this video many times .. Definitely I miss my Surfing penguin in the Alaska :( , I hope he doing fine right there :(
pauloquizon 4 months ago 10
this video makes me cry :')
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