If there is anything that proves the strength of the human-animal bond, it’s the story of Christian the lion. Millions of us have watched, teary and in disbelief, the YouTube video of the amazing, emotional reunion between a lion and the two men who raised him.
Now you can read all the details – and enjoy lots more photos — in “A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion.”
John Rendall and Anthony Bourke bought the cub at Harrod’s department store in London in 1969 and he settled comfortably in with them for the next five months, until it was obvious he needed to be returned to the wild. Lion expert George Adamson helped them fly him to Kenya and establish his own pride.
When Rendall and Bourke went back to Africa a year later to see how Christian was doing – well, just watch the video again.
And don’t forget the Kleenex.
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