Christian the Lion - the full story (in HQ)



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© Beckmann Group.
TO MAKE A DONATION AND HELP THE WORLD'S WILDLIFE PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK...
http://www.bornfree.org.uk/shop/acatalog/Donations.html
THE DVD, "CHRISTIAN THE LION AT WORLD'S END" CAN BE PURCHASED AT...
http://www.bornfree.org.uk/shop/acatalog/Videos_and_DVDs.html
WHICH WILL HELP THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION SAVE EVEN MORE OF THE WORLD'S WILDLIFE.
THEY ALSO HAVE SIGNED COPIES OF VIRGINIA MCKENNA'S BOOK "CHRISTIAN THE LION'S JOURNEY TO FREEDOM" AVAILABLE AT...
http://www.bornfree.org.uk/shop/acatalog/Books.html
The dvd is also available at
http://www.beckmanndirect.com/Wildlife_BFWChristianTheLionWorldsEndDVD.php
There's also more info at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_the_lion
Many thanks to all the TV shows and news programmes who've used my video in their reports and helped to raise awareness of animal welfare throughout the world.
This is also true of news publications such as The Sunday Times (27-07-08) & TimesOnline...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4407100.ece
and The Daily Telegraph (31.07.08)...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/30/ealion130.xml
and also The Sun (28.07.08)...
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/real_life/article1479860.ece
Christian left the Kora Reserve in 1973. He made his new territory along the Tana river, but when the Wakamba herdsmen kept bringing their livestock to his hunting ground, he moved on. George Adamson said in his autobiography, "I used to count the days on which we hadn't seen Christian, but when they reached 97, I gave up recording them in my diary." Because a lion can live from 12 to 15 years in the wild, Adamson believed that Christian ended his days in the Meru National Reserve only a few miles up river.
"Lion Man" Gareth Patterson, author, environmentalist, and the person who continued George Adamson's lion rehabilitation work, revisited Kora in 1998. This is what he found...
http://www.fatheroflions.org/Kora_Revisited.html
As for the two guys, the Born Free Foundation tells me that Anthony "Ace" Bourke (referred to as Ace "Berg" in a Daily Mail article) lives in Australia as a lecturer and expert in the area of Aboriginal Art, and John Rendall lives in the UK and is a Trustee of the George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust.
Anyone wishing to donate to the George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust can do so by contacting one of the following....
George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust
16a Park View Road
London
N3 2JB
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 8343 4246
Fax: +44 (0)20 8343 4048
info@georgeadamson.org
The Tony Fitzjohn/George Adamson
African Wildlife Preservation Trust
Georgianna Pennington Regnier
116 La Patera Drive
Camarillo
CA 93010
USA
+1 805 987 0997
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Come near them? At ... ( 10 hours ago by ljusdal82)
Come near them? At this clipp they pat the lioness head and she looks like she has known them for ages! Dont be naive! This is not a Disney cartoon!
are you a lion ... ( 9 hours ago by hickery123321)
are you a lion expert? do you know everthing about lions? the male lions in a pride have the female lions hunt and what not, i dont see how its impossible for one female lion to not attack the humans. no shit this is not a disney cartoon so thank you captain obvious. it has been proven that they released the cub into the wild in kenya, and visited the area 2 times afterwards. i assure you that the area in kenya which they are at in this video is not New York Zoo.
and who the fuck ... ( 9 hours ago by hickery123321)
and who the fuck would take trained lions to the wild just to make a 10 minute documentary...why dont you open your mind to possibilities and if anything..its not about the video being true or fake. its meant to touch peoples hearts.
Hahahaa well I will ... ( 9 hours ago by ljusdal82)
Hahahaa well I will bealive this when someone show me a link to a article/Tv-clipp from a real newspaper/Tv-network. That actually proves this is real! And not some shitty forum or privat webpage! Well like u said its there to touch people's heart, it doesent mean it has to be true! Many made up stories touches people's heart's!
you are a funny guy ... ( 8 hours ago by lVisionQuestl)
you are a funny guy ljusdal:D haha all you do is guessing and think you know something wich you dont, try to search fact instead little boy
This made me cry. :) ( 8 hours ago by rattielover87)
This made me cry. :)
Who in this world ... ( 8 hours ago by raysydaisy)
Who in this world said that humans are the most compassionate?I learn from my dog every day . I also learn the most from people that I have loved all my life. Great love, and great greed when it comes to their own.People are not that much different when it comes down to protecting their immediate own family.
Guys, I believe hat ... ( 8 hours ago by raysydaisy)
Guys, I believe hat the wholke story is about we should belive in ech other. It's a hard way to find, butit does happen.
Hickory,and it has ... ( 7 hours ago by raysydaisy)
Hickory,and it has touched peoples hearts.. We don't do so well with our owns understnding each other.. We have alot of learining to do within ourselves. and don't ANHYBODY prech at me. I gre up Baptist. Have a sense of humuur!.
Just beautiful. ( 7 hours ago by mister528)
Just beautiful.
This made me cry to ( 5 hours ago by RobloxBestPilot)
This made me cry to
Ljusdal82 Google ... ( 5 hours ago by hamishhun)
Ljusdal82 Google interview with John Rendall and Ace Bourke on The Today Show. They are in their 60's now and live in Australia.
I get the ... ( 4 hours ago by xox2FaSt4Uxox)
I get the goosebumps everytime. I cried like twice!!!
lion or a huge dog? ... ( 4 hours ago by OhYoyoo)
lion or a huge dog? LOL
but this is so touchy
snik snik nice!! ( 2 hours ago by joeytje999)
snik snik nice!!
=D. ( 2 hours ago by glszx)
=D.
Finally someone who ... ( 2 hours ago by ljusdal82)
Finally someone who knew were to pick up the facts! Instead of wining and tell me I dont know shit etc.. Thank you "hamishhun" I will check it out! But who the hell blames me for doubt such a story! (exept a lof of people :P).... It seemed to good to be true! But I havent started googled it yet so ill wait before I start making "cute" comments about how wonderfull this story is before even knowing if its true or not!!
The lion is not ... ( 2 hours ago by jeffreygaz)
The lion is not hugging them, its trying to steal their wallets tbh.
Sorry to spoil this for y'all.
kakatouch..promise ... ( 2 hours ago by acinad69)
kakatouch..promise
naiiyak aq..huhuhu
Yea right , "he ... ( 1 hour ago by 007InDaSky)
Yea right , "he even introduced them to his wife" how gullible people are to beleive such staged bullshit, the wife was tamed and friendly too right? get a grip on reality dudes
THAT POOR LION.aLL ... ( 1 hour ago by raysydaisy)
THAT POOR LION.aLL HE wAnted to do is live. John and Ace gave him a wonderful background. If you look at the people in this world, there are so many that have never gotten the love he did.. It's not a question about him being rehabilitaded. He was loved.Alot of humans nver get that chance, so what John and Ace did was wonderful.
i must say that is ... ( 1 hour ago by ja3son)
i must say that is pretty dam amazing, ima grown man and i weep when i see it....
love knows no bounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We all hope that ... ( 1 hour ago by putzylady)
We all hope that our pets would remember us if we ever got sepersted from them for a long period of time. This is proof again that animals have a memory and a concience. They are much more like us than we realize.
Everytime I see ... ( 1 hour ago by realredhead1214)
Everytime I see this video, I get so emotional. It's so beautiful.



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