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Yeah flex
That is a great story !

Those guys looked like lions, too

I love the documentary on christian the lion.

I've got the full documentary from Born Free.

That lion and his love for those men who resuced him from a cage in Harrods is beautiful

What I do find sad though is that they saw him once more a year later and he had cubs of his own at this point but a little while later he disappeared never to be seen again. Iknow they feel it was successful as he was returned to the wild

I highly doubt that a lion who so enjoyed human contact as he was reared by humans and was so tame, loving and trusting would integrate fully to the wild, animals that are not reared in the wild don't develop strong enough instincts and senses to survive, no matter how much it may look like to the untrained eye, and no matter how well they are integrated, its tough,survival of the fittest.

I guess he would have fallen prey to another male lion as they do attack and kill other males. In the documentary on christian they show another semi wild male lion called boy who also lives with George Adamson is constantly being attacked to the point of death by wild male lions. If it weren't for constant vet attention,he would not have survived either.

I wonder if it Would really have been so bad for christian to have been reared in a reserve of some sort, where the guys who reared him and loved him would still have been able to visit him. He was clearly extremely happy being kept as a pet until he grew so big, they had to decide what to do with him for the best

Still it is a wonderful documentary,and the love of christian the lion is really heart warming. His story also created a reserve to help other animals



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/29/2008 02:44PM by Ariel55.

ive seen the vid before its very cool

Here is some more info on Christian the lion from Born free from where the clip was taken

[www.bornfree.org.uk]

and an interview with the young guys in the clip 35 years later on christian

[www.facekitty.com]



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/30/2008 08:23AM by Ariel55.