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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is this a for real ... ( 14 hours ago by iliketolaughhxo)
is this a for real story?
this is the cutes thing i have ever seen. i want a pet lion lol
Yes its for real! I ... ( 14 hours ago by hamishhun)
Yes its for real! I saw an interview with John and Ace on the Today show and also CNN.
It's so lovely! They are probably in their sixties now but they did something so rewarding that many of us will never do! Bless them!
i dont understand ... ( 13 hours ago by lottifer0)
i dont understand how people can question wether its real or not, if you've ever owned an animal you would know, and it just proves noone ever knows anything for sure because clearly christian remembered them, and how can u even fake something like that, why would u even bother
mdr j'ai vu le ... ( 13 hours ago by ninych0ute)
mdr j'ai vu le reportage sur tf1 et sa ma marqué !! un lion aussi calin alors qu'il etait ds la vie sauvage pendnt 1 an, c'est trop emouvant. moi aussi j'veux un lion lol
right! ( 13 hours ago by RHlautaroCP)
right!
You're so right. ... ( 12 hours ago by halli321)
You're so right. Its disgusting and this video made me have even more compassion towards animals. I don't know how someone could watch this video and continue to hunt animals for fun or wear fur. Its sick.
This is by far the ... ( 12 hours ago by bbucrazykeeper15)
This is by far the most touching video I have seen on Youtube®. I had never heard of this clip before and I looked up "the best youtube video". Whoever posted this as the best was by far the best. I was crying throughout the whole clip. Wow...thats all I can say. How can any person still want to hunt animals such as the lion now that they have seen this clip...I know I couldn't (not that I ever did). This story is truly incredible.
w0w! i was touched ... ( 12 hours ago by don18)
w0w! i was touched by the story.. shucks!!
I wonder if Harrods ... ( 12 hours ago by sace000)
I wonder if Harrods sells sweet loin coats?
dat was so gr8t!!!.. ( 10 hours ago by floerad101)
dat was so gr8t!!!..
play cemetaries of ... ( 10 hours ago by ItSaLlRiDiCuloUs)
play cemetaries of london to this video....by coldplay....i think it fits well....amazing video!!!!
wow, i am touched ! ... ( 9 hours ago by crimsonVoldrox)
wow, i am touched !!!
Makes me cry every ... ( 7 hours ago by JFrance1021)
Makes me cry every time
Pure, unadulterated ... ( 7 hours ago by seans10)
Pure, unadulterated bullshit.
seans10 Bulls**t? ... ( 5 hours ago by stevelewis3)
seans10 Bulls**t? So is your comment. Crawl back under you rock and please dont bother anyone again. Thank you and goodbye.
I want a lion :´( ( 5 hours ago by Cayli3)
I want a lion :´(
i wept like a baby. ... ( 1 hour ago by jessicahudson)
i wept like a baby.
so beautiful.
Touched. Very nice ( 1 hour ago by shabbarzaidi)
Touched. Very nice
You must watch( ... ( 1 hour ago by kerschdorferch92)
You must watch( unbelievable football freestyle )
He is one of the best football freestyler on this world!!
your video ROCKS!!! ... ( 1 hour ago by SaulesVejas)
your video ROCKS!!!! my mom cried like a baby you guys are totally like awesome!!!!!!!!!!
This was so ... ( 33 minutes ago by areyoupink)
This was so inspiring...it makes my outlook on life so much more positive.
areyoupink I know ... ( 29 minutes ago by hamishhun)
areyoupink I know what you mean. Whenever I am feeling down I watch this and it never fails to lift my spirits!
Missed my point, ... ( 24 minutes ago by jollyspitfire)
Missed my point, Why are lions being transported outside the African continent in the first place? Tiz cruel cruel. I loath sleezy animal traders. Where did this so called lion Christian come from.... was it Harrods? Anyway, real wild lions do not not "love and nuzzle" humans they bloody eat them ....great!
I agree with ... ( 6 minutes ago by Aymsen)
I agree with hamishhun



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