A LION CALLED CHRISTIAN
Naqueles tempos a procura constante de viver novas experiências e novas sensações era o dia a dia. Nesse espírto, os famosos armazéns Londrinos Harrods, põe à venda 2 fabulosos Leões. Imaginam a história que provocou naqueles loucos anos ...???
Um documentário francamente emocionante acerca de um leão criado por humanos na excêntrica e hippie Londres dos finais dos anos 60.
Texto: Inglês
Áudio: Inglês
Fonte: YouTube
A heartbreaking story about a lion who was raised by humans, by the
friends John Rendall and Ace Bourke. This lion got too big for them, so
they put him in the wilderness. One year later they decided to visit him
in Africa where he was put. Scientists said that lions would never
remember their human parents after such time separated. Something that
this film contradicts. It was a reunion that you will never forget.
Description:
In 1969 Ace Bourke and John Rendall were two young Australian travellers
who had just arrived in London when they bought a lion cub from Harrods
department store. It was an impractical "impulse" buy, but while he was
a cub they felt they could look after him as well as anyone, and do
their best to secure his future. They called him Christian.
Ace and John lived with Christian on the King's Road, Chelsea and when
Christian grew too big they moved to the country until it was arranged
for Christian to be returned to the wild in Kenya.
Two documentaries entitled The Lion from World's End, and Christian the Lion
were made about his life in London, his return to Africa, George
Adamson assembling a "man-made" pride around Christian, and his
rehabilitation back into the African wild. Ace and John also wrote A
Lion Called Christian (1971) which was re-published in 2009 with superb
photographs by Derek Cattani who documented Christian's early life.
Forty years later the YouTube clip featuring Christian's unforgettable
reunion with Ace and John, a year after his return to Africa, introduced
a new world audience who are intrigued and enchanted by Christian's
extraordinary story. With the mutual love and trust he shared with Ace
and John, he has become a symbol of the potential of human-animal
relationships and the importance and urgency of animal and wildlife
conservation.
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