Story Adopted From The Times Online and Born Free Foundation

In 1969 a young Australian, John Rendall and his friend Ace Bourke, bought a small lion cub from Harrods pet department, which was then legal. ‘Christian’ was kept in the basement of a furniture shop on the Kings Road in Chelsea, the heart of the swinging sixties. Loved by all, the affectionate cub ate in a local restaurant, played in a nearby graveyard, but was growing fast…

A chance encounter with Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna led to a new life for Christian. He came to live in an enclosure and slept in a caravan at their Surrey home. Then in 1971, at 18 months old, Christian was flown to Kenya, his ancestral home and moved to a Kenyan wildlife sanctuary by lion-man George Adamson.

Almost a year later in 1972, his former owners, John and Ace returned to Kenya. The founder of the sanctuary, George Adamson warned them to stay away from Christian, who was now in the wild and had his own pride. He said the lion would tear them to pieces.

Instead, as the film shows, Christian rushed towards them, putting his paws on Rendall’s shoulders and licking his face in joy. It is a moment of touching friendship that has reduced millions to tears.

After the meeting, Christian was never seen again.

Here is the home movie which has been watched more than 10 million times on YouTube and other sites. Please make sure you have the speaker on.

Good one bro..very touching...

that was so touching.....very good video bro.....better than hindi movie...:)

benny lava still come in 2nd to this

Sometimes I think even wild animals can show unconditional love. Check this out on YouTube:-

I dunno how true is the story (that acts as a premise for the video) but, what the heck, very touching lo. PS. They just had to put in that Aerosmith song, didn't they?

If I ever sell Stinger... I wish it would hug me like that when I see him again later lo... hahaha :)

Eh, I confirm true story-lah. Got it from The Times, a reputable newspaper at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4407100.ece

Don't sell Stinger-lah. Keep it for your son. That was always your intention right? :)

make sure stinger doesn't rush and hugs u at 200Km/h ++ u know la,... very danger la..

that was good one.. so rev, don't mod yr car anymore..


very touching video anyway... bro ken!