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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5*****.Thank you ... ( 12 hours ago by ifigeniakatika)
5*****.Thank you very much for the exceptional video.I couldn't believe the existance of friendship between man and lion.Kisses from Greece
amazing :O ( 12 hours ago by Gorith89)
amazing :O
eeerrrm, i doubt a ... ( 11 hours ago by ShootingDuckster)
eeerrrm, i doubt a lion would ever lose his instinct of hunting... miracle he didn't attacked someone when he was in the US
I'm alone my dude ... ( 11 hours ago by christa96t)
I'm alone my dude is such a sicko he's always mean to me...
fuckin' amazing. ( 11 hours ago by hustlinharmon)
fuckin' amazing.
wow awsomeee ( 11 hours ago by mrtoster)
wow awsomeee
cool ( 11 hours ago by Petardie)
cool
hooray lions! ( 11 hours ago by bro2baseball)
hooray lions!
that is so awesome ... ( 10 hours ago by xoxgatorgirloxo)
that is so awesome they must fell great lol
makes me cry. ... ( 10 hours ago by kristinrox29)
makes me cry. thinking of that i mean imagine you had to do that. :))
i cry every time i ... ( 10 hours ago by Lyssie5)
i cry every time i see this but i love it
Classic. ( 8 hours ago by BrightBlueBall)
Classic.
He wasnt from the ... ( 8 hours ago by BonkersBonnieRed)
He wasnt from the US, nor did he come from there. But this is truly amazing.
DO NOT TRY THIS AT ... ( 7 hours ago by JohntheBomb88)
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME
this is the most ... ( 6 hours ago by plumeriagirl2)
this is the most touching video
I've seen this ... ( 6 hours ago by harpo7879)
I've seen this video several times, and each time it makes me weep like a tired four-year-old.
Just so beautiful!
Have a heart for ... ( 5 hours ago by CHRISTSmusiciansSEA)
Have a heart for this story. It's way COOL.
The Story of Noah, may have SAVED billions of
animals lives? A LAW in the form of a story
in a time with NO newspapers, TV, radio, etc etc.
Bless God. Bless Kids.
Bless Animals & Lions & Pets too. Noah tried !
Really sweet, but.. ... ( 4 hours ago by damaband41)
Really sweet, but...
I saw the text scroll:
"After many..." (I was expecting years)
"Hours of searching"
Wtf? What do they have some kind of lion locator device or something?
rofl I forgot my ... ( 4 hours ago by christiana27y)
rofl I forgot my boytoy went on vacation to London How do I get him to forgive me?
wheeeww... it ... ( 3 hours ago by nadzdpogi100)
wheeeww... it touched my heart...
reminds me of my late feline friends.. ehehe...
I love this video..
Lions mainly keep ... ( 3 hours ago by smerflel)
Lions mainly keep to the one area so they probably remember where they let him go
This would of been ... ( 2 hours ago by drandydds)
This would of been a much better video if annoying Whitney Houston soundtrack was removed.
Why must you spoil ... ( 1 hour ago by ThwartedEfforts)
Why must you spoil such a simple, heartwarming tale about a lion and the humans he loved with a religious fairytale? Shut up.
I love when my beau ... ( 10 minutes ago by cherye7d)
I love when my beau tugs my platinum blond hair lmao it is so crazy!



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