Christian the lion

Nothing has ever made me want a lion more. After watching this video I'm pretty sure that I'm more of the "lion type" as opposed to a cat or dog person. This is a true story of two men, John Rendall and Ace Bourke, who adopted a lion in the 60's. They raised the lion in their apartment in London, although they would take him on walks everyday, Christian (the lion) became too big to live in their flat. Once Christian was a year old and 150 pounds it was suggested to them that they take Christian to a conservation in Kenya. So the men let go of their baby which they raised and decided to do what was best for little Christian. They took him to Africa and reintroduced him to the wild where he could learn to live like a normal lion with a pride. Christian was let into Kora National Reserve where he eventually became the head leader of his pride believe it or not. After learning about how successful Christians transition was, the two men decided that they wanted to travel to Kenya to visit their long lost lion son, but were told that Christian would most definitely not remember them. Despite the fact that Christian is now a wild lion, the two men traveled anyway in hope that a miracle would occur and Christian had not forgotten the two men who raised him. The two men filmed their visit as a documentary titled "Christian, The Lion at World's End" in 1971. What they captured on film is truly amazing. Christian remembered them! Not only did he remember them but he ran towards them and greeted them with a gigantic "lion-hug" wrapping his enormous paws around the men and snuggling his head all over them. It's hard to describe and put the video into words you will have to watch it yourself. Christian even introduces his old roommates to his new family, a truly astonishing thing considering all of these are wild lions. Since then, Christian the lion has been famous and this love story has made the headlines for many TV shows such as "The View" and many other talk shows. Many versions of the video have also been put on YouTube where they have been put to music which make them hilarious to watch, if you don't enjoy this video then something has got to be wrong with you, this is great. This is one of my favorite versions, click here. Here's another video with an interview of the two men from the "Today Show," click here.