Christian The Lion
Wednesday, 30. July 2008, 23:46:43
I saw a lovely story of a lion, born in England and raised by Aussie's there.
In 1969, John Rendall & Ace Bourke saw a lion cub for sale in Harrods. The lion cub was cramped and lonely so they bought him. The lion was trusting and gentle with children. The local vicar allowed them to exercise him in the church grounds but he very quickly became too big for their flat. The only thing they could do was to reintroduce him to Kenya.
With the help of George Adamson - the lion guru (whom Born Free was based on) Christian spent a lot of time being rehabilitated in Kenya.
A year later John & Ace came back to Kenya but were told Christian the lion was now the head of his our pride and as such would not remember them. They went in search of him anyway. After many hours of looking for the pride they finally found the wild lion..... Christian the lion looked and looked at them then realized it was John & Ace and came bounding up to them to greet them!!! How wonderful!
After their reunion Christian went back, with his pride of lions, into the wild and was never seen again...
In 1969, John Rendall & Ace Bourke saw a lion cub for sale in Harrods. The lion cub was cramped and lonely so they bought him. The lion was trusting and gentle with children. The local vicar allowed them to exercise him in the church grounds but he very quickly became too big for their flat. The only thing they could do was to reintroduce him to Kenya.
With the help of George Adamson - the lion guru (whom Born Free was based on) Christian spent a lot of time being rehabilitated in Kenya.
A year later John & Ace came back to Kenya but were told Christian the lion was now the head of his our pride and as such would not remember them. They went in search of him anyway. After many hours of looking for the pride they finally found the wild lion..... Christian the lion looked and looked at them then realized it was John & Ace and came bounding up to them to greet them!!! How wonderful!
After their reunion Christian went back, with his pride of lions, into the wild and was never seen again...
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WIDGETIZE
Dacotah # 31. July 2008, 11:22
Stardancer # 31. July 2008, 21:28
JagsTreehouse # 1. August 2008, 01:08
Yes, it is a touching story!
Hi Stardancer!
Love doesn't forget, how true!
Also, animals don't either!
Dacotah # 1. August 2008, 01:48
JagsTreehouse # 1. August 2008, 04:01
Dacotah # 1. August 2008, 04:48
JagsTreehouse # 28. September 2008, 10:24
It was a great story wasn't it!