Christian the lion
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Christian was a
lion originally purchased by
Australians John Rendall and Anthony 'Ace' Bourke from
Harrods department store of
London in 1969 and ultimately reintroduced to the wild by conservationist
George Adamson. One year after George Adamson released Christian to the wild, his former owners decided to go looking for him in Africa to see whether Christian would remember them. Surprisingly, he did and with him was other lions in the pride which were also friendly