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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.

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and The Daily Telegraph (31.07.08)...



and also The Sun (28.07.08)...



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...



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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Channel: Pets & Animals
Uploaded: June 28, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Author: TadManly

Length: 00:02:28
Rating: 4.92
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Video Comments:
Nomellamohaci (January 7, 2009 at 6:52 pm)
Wow
mister528 (January 7, 2009 at 6:48 pm)
That's totally beautiful, but dont get crazy ideas, that lion is 1 in a million lions that wont bite your head off =X
xxblondie1646xx (January 7, 2009 at 6:42 pm)
omg this is absolutely adorable and amazing!!!
i want a baby lion!!! lol
SilverMidnights (January 7, 2009 at 6:12 pm)
lol- so did I =']
singingrocks21 (January 7, 2009 at 5:22 pm)
so nice... i cried
kevinthinks (January 7, 2009 at 4:56 pm)
Every time i watch this video I smile even brighter. Peace, love and abundance to everyone who watches this. I love you all!
VivaRenata (January 7, 2009 at 4:42 pm)
No, I´ve seen it a bunch of times since it was profiled in a Swedish newspaper a few months ago, and I cry every time. Then I go and hug my "little" lions. What doesn't this show about the soul of our animal friends?
mysiiiiis (January 7, 2009 at 4:21 pm)
This video makes me cry, its so amazing.
mariapija (January 7, 2009 at 4:19 pm)
What a wonderful video... Just loved it when the two men reunited with that lion..Just beautiful
boblawblabla69 (January 7, 2009 at 4:12 pm)
that old f*cker is crazy walking around with those lions all day .....