I’ll bet you've never seen a pet like the one in this Video of
the Day. 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! ( I know the music is completely corny but its a neat video)
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