The Lion Hearted

The extraordinary footage of an enormous lion running to greet two men with hugs and licks in the African wilderness has become one of the most popular videos on YouTube – notching up an amazing 44 million hits.
Filmed in 1971, the scene showed the emotional reunion between Christian the lion and the two men who had raised him before releasing him into the wild.
Anthony 'Ace' Bourke and John Rendell tell their remarkable story of the lion cub bought from Harrods and raised in London's King's Road in their book: A Lion Called Christian…
story and video HERE
Bourke and Rendall have updated the book about Christian the lion, and the new edition was published on March 10, 2009. There is also a DVD.
available HERE