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Uploaded by bornfreefoundation on Jul 28, 2008
In 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.
See http://www.bornfree.org.uk for more about this story.
Christian the Lion is distributed by Beckmann Visual Publishing
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thats what i call a lion hug! screw bear hugs!
3 days ago 4
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this is the coolest animal movie ever :')
6 days ago 4
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why would you even dislike this video? its AMAZING!
1 week ago 11
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Damn it, someone's cutting onions again!
1 week ago 29
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yeah i like to go for long walks, maybe hit up a club once in awhile, and chill with lions.
1 week ago 18
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hippies and lions...so adorable
1 week ago 30
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this is what youtube was made for
2 weeks ago 44
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See the dislike bar? me neither.
2 weeks ago 50
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christian's parents looks like diff. they are look so bad they would eat people.. unlike christian he is so adorable..
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glad i am not the only one. i srsly thought i was. lol
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this is so beautiful....every time i watch this video tears start comin out frm my eyes....
lavanyaa658 2 months ago 904
shame Christians parents had such a small space
mzSUZIBABY 2 months ago 601