Christian The Lion Full version Music Video HQ
Written on December 21, 2008 by admin
Watch in HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhzCk6TLXTw
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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 istance 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
Duration : 0:4:44
Posted in Music Videos
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
im bored on cam
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im bored on cam
I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO 7F
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
I agree.
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I agree.
Though Christian grew to be a very large male lion, there were many groups of wild male lions in the region that could have easily killed him to take over his pride. These lions were very aggressive unlike Christian who was said to be a lover not a fighter.
I also would have liked it if John and Ace had placed Christian in a Sanctuary, but unlike today there werent very many of them in the early 1970s.
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
this is very nice!!
this is very nice!!
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
Its amazing..and …
Its amazing..and introducing him into the wild was a good thing at least he then had the chance to live a normal life like a lion should live. I cant stop watching it I love it so much.
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
anubys2, A bit more …
anubys2, A bit more research would be in order before you post anymore comments…
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
by the way the lion …
It was just wrong to put him back into the wild after domesticating him, wild life sanctuary: yes, yes, yes. Thrown into the wild like that in a poachers’ territory: no
by the way the lion was never to be seen again and the Man who reintroduced him and other lions into the wild was murdered by poachers. God knows what happened to poor Christian, sad ending
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
The lion would have …
The lion would have been much better off at a wild animals sanctuary where he could have roamed around, gotten together with other lions, but still he would have been protected, he wouldn’t have run the chance of being killed by poachers or die some other way.He was instead released into the wild. It is like taking a domestic cat and reintroducing him into the wild once he’s one year old. Not right towards the animal.
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
im bored on cam
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im bored on cam
wanting new friends z7
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
wanting new friends …
wanting new friends
ANYONE UP? I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO Ml
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
the logic of kill, …
the logic of kill, has one outcome, even for a dumb brainwashed dick. can’t they see the futility?
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
a simple answer as …
a simple answer as to why you feel emotion watching this video, is the everyday ault on your natural way of thinking, once a people can see it, it might beable to fight back
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
That was the most …
That was the most amazing here. These 2 men did not degenerate the lion and make him dependent. True,love&hug thing looks human but it’s also a lionthing, that’s what lions do together in wildlife as well, the men served to be his lionfriends. In wildlife he seemed to have well adapted. Perhaps they brought him to a luxury park in Africa, anyway he survived and got himself a female and a cub. That means a lot in wildlife.
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
yeah man i can …
yeah man i can honestly say the first few times i watched this i cried a little and I am a guy too it’s just beautiful and sort of sad if you think about it because they never see him again after that but at least they saw him and he remembered them
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
why do i keep …
it’s incredible.
why do i keep watching this?!? i cry everytime and i can feel my pulse getting faster looool up until the end
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
Me just lost for …
Me just lost for words…..I love this video with my whole heart….what a beautiful story. These two guys are real genuine animal lovers…God Bless their soul. People in the past really did things out of their hearts. Nowadays its all about money and showbiz
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
same here dude tis …
same here dude tis video never gets old
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
same here HAGSLUCK23
same here HAGSLUCK23
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
I’m cryin right …
I’m cryin right this moment
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
wow thats something …
wow thats something really amazing
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
ok im a guy and i …
ok im a guy and i cried, its so sad when he is in the crate and then when they are all behind the fence and he runs over to give the guy a hug
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
wow, this vido was …
wow, this vido was really touching, especially the ending, it gives a whole new meaning to the relationship between man and animal.
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
看后很欣慰~~
看后很欣慰~~
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
The look:
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The look:
3:31
4:04
4:11
4:16
Priceless!
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
makes me cry …
there is a special place in heaven for those guys!!!
makes me cry everytime….
December 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
he seems to like …
he seems to like one more than another