 | Christian the lion - Full ending Christian's story. Full ending and original soundtrack to the film "Christian, The Lion at World's End". Directed by Bill Travers,Commentary by Virgina McKenna, founders of the Born Free Foundation. In 1969 a young Australian, John Rendall and his friend Ace Bourke, bought a small lion cub from Harrods pet department, which was then legal. 'Christian' was kept in the basement of a furniture shop on the Kings Road in Chelsea, the heart of the swinging sixties. Loved by all, the affectionate cub ate in a local restaurant, played in a nearby graveyard, but was growing fast... A chance encounter with Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna led to a new life for Christian. He came to live in a huge enclosure and to sleep in a caravan at their Surrey home. Then in 1971 he was flown to Kenya, his ancestral home, and returned to the wild by lion-man George Adamson. Nine months later in 1972, John and Ace returned to Kora in Kenya. This clip is of their reunion at that time. It was an emotional reunion: "He ran towards us, threw himself onto us, knocked us over and hugged us, with his paws on our shoulders." John Rendall See http://www.bornfree.org.uk for more about this story. Christian the Lion is distributed by Beckmann Visual Publishing |
 | Christian the Lion - the full story (in HQ) © 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 Honours received for this video at various times: #1 - Top Rated (All Time) - Global #1 - Top Rated (All Time) - Pets & Animals - Global #1 - Most Responded (Today) - Pets & Animals - Global #1 - Most Responded (This Week) - Pets & Animals - Global #1 - Most Responded (This Month) - Pets & Animals - Global #1 - Top Favorites (All Time) - Pets & Animals - Global #1 - Most Viewed (All Time) - Pets & Animals - Global |
 | christian the lion this video touch yur heart..... |
 | Christian the Lion reunited with upbringers EXTRA 2 people raised this lion who they named Christian. He got too big and the government said it was too old to be in a domestic area so they decided to release him to a wildlife reserve. It had been over a year and experts said the lion will have no recollection of his upbringers To watch any video in high quality, simply put &fmt=18 after the link. |
 | Christian the Lion The full story at http://uselessdesires.blogspot.com/2008/07/christian-lion-who-lived-in-my-london.html He travelled by Bentley, ate in fine London restaurants and spent his days lounging in a furniture shop. The story of Christian the pet lion - and his eventual release into the wild - is as moving as it is incredible. |
 | Christian the Lion *Reunion* ! July 22: TODAY hosts check out a YouTube video showing Christian the lion reuniting with his human caretakers. |
 | Christian, The Lion FULL- part 1 (READ DESCRIPTION!) I HAVE TAKEN DOWN EVERY PART BUT THE FIRST AND LAST. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE REST, BUY YOUR OWN COPY. http://www.bornfree.org.uk/campaigns/big-cats/about/christian-the-lion/ THE REASON I POSTED THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE IS THE IGNORANCE OF SO MANY PEOPLE WATCHING THE STUPID SHORT VERSION AND PROJECTING HUMAN EMOTIONS ONTO ANIMALS DROVE ME MAD. I WANTED MORE PEOPLE TO SEE THE REAL STORY. I'VE BEEN THREATENED TO PAY DAMAGES TO THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION FOR UPLOADING WHAT BELONGS TO THEM, BUT I AM A BROKE STUDENT SO I COMPLIED. If you want to thank John and Ace for what they did for Christian, make a donation to George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust 16a Park View Road London N3 2JB United Kingdom -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I bought this for a dollar at Target over a year ago and loved it. A few days ago a tiny clip of it with emotional music and captions was posted at a forum I frequent, so I decided more people should see the whole version. |
 | Christian The Lion Full version Music Video HQ Watch in HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhzCk6TLXTw this video can now be downloaded @ myspace http://www.myspace.com/danielavideo I made this tribute for Christian using footage from the movie 'Christian The Lion' you can also purchase this Dvd from the following link http://www.bornfree.org.uk/shop/acatalog/Videos_and_DVDs.html music by: Dolly Parton Sung by: whitney houston 'i will always love you' Christian was a lion purchased in 1969 by two Australians living in London, John Rendall and Anthony 'Ace' Bourke (sometimes erroneously cited as Ace Berg) from Harrods department store. They had discovered him for sale in Harrods' exotic pets department and, concerned for his conditions and fate, decided to buy him. Rendall, Bourke and their girlfriends Jennifer Mary and Unity Jones cared for the lion until it was a year old. Christian's increasing size and the cost of looking after him led them to the realization that they could not keep him in London for much longer. The solution came when Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna, stars of the film Born Free, visited Rendall and Bourke's furniture shop, where Christian spent his days. They suggested that they ask the assistance of George Adamson, the Kenyan conservationist who, together with his wife Joy, was the subject of their movie. Adamson agreed to help them rehabilitate Christian into the wild at his compound at Kora National Reserve. Adamson slowly introduced Christian to an older lion 'Boy' and subsequently to a female cub Katiana in order to form the nucleus of a new pride. Tragedy struck several times: Katiana was possibly devoured by crocodiles at a watering hole. Another female was killed by wild lions. Boy was so injured that he lost his ability to socialize with other lions and humans, and was shot through the heart by Adamson after fatally wounding a man. That left Christian as the only surviving member of the original pride. Adamson continued his work, and over the course of a year the pride established itself in the region around Kora, with Christian as the head of the pride started by Boy. When Rendall & Bourke were informed by Adamson of the successful result in 1971, they traveled to Kenya to pay the visit to Christian that was filmed in the documentary The Lion at World's End. According to the documentary, Adamson warned Rendall and Bourke that Christian may not remember them, but the film shows a first cautious lion suddenly leaping onto the two men, wrapping his arms on their shoulders and licking their faces. The documentary also shows the female lions, Mona and Lisa, and a foster cub named Supercub welcoming the two men because of the influence of Christian. Rendall details a final reunion that occurred in 1974. By this time Christian was successfully defending his own pride and had cubs of his own -- and he was about twice the size he was in the 1971 reunion video. Adamson warned them that it would most likely be a wasted trip as he had not seen Christian's pride for nine months. However they discovered when they reached Kora that Christian and his pride had returned to Adamson's compound the day before their arrival. Rendall describes the visit he, Bourke, and George Adamson made: "We called him and he stood up and started to walk towards us very slowly. Then, as if he had become convinced it was us, he ran towards us, threw himself on to us, knocked us over, knocked George over and hugged us, like he used to, with his paws on our shoulders." The reunion lasted until the next morning when everyone went to bed. According to Rendall that was the last anyone saw of Christian. Adamson counted the days after that visit until Christian's return, but gave up waiting after 97 days If you want to write to John and Ace or send a donation please write to: George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust 16A PARK VIEW ROAD LONDON N3 2JB UNITED KINGDOM |
 | Lion Reunited With Family Two guys raised a lion cub named Chistian, and had to let him go. In this video they come to visit him, and he is very surprised. |
 | Christian the Lion Reunited - As Seen on "The View" On July 21st This was on "The View" It's such an awesome bond they have with the Lion. Enjoy! |
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