Bought from Harrods Dept. Store!!
www.kimbawlion.com-
In 1969, two friends, John Rendall and Ace Berg, purchased a lion.
At the time, Christian the lion was a 35-pound cub. He had been born in
a zoo. The friends raised Christian in their London home. All three
hung out in a friend’s furniture shop on the weekends.
Within a year, Christian had grown to 185 lbs. Rendall and Berg
realized they couldn’t keep him much longer. But they didn’t know what
to do with him. A chance encounter changed that. Two actors from the
film Born Free walked into the furniture store.
The actors recommended a conservationist, George Adamson, living in
Kenya. Christian was soon in Africa. There he was rehabilitated and
released into the wild.
In 1974, Rendall and Berg decided to visit Christian one last time.
He was now a wild animal. Adamson told them it was doubtful that
Christian could be found. No one had seen him in nine months.
The two flew to Kenya, anyway. On the day they landed, Christian
appeared outside Adamson’s camp. Somehow, he knew. He waited outside
the camp until Rendall and Berg arrived.
This video was taken during their reunion with Christian. What a story! What a video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVNTdWbVBgc