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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! What a video! |
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