Ever imagined hugging an African Lion! The true story of Christian the Lion illustrates how man and animal can be true friends. In 1969, Rendall and Bourke-two Australians-adopted a Lion cub and took it to London. Later, the Lion, Christian, became too big and had to be reintroduced to the African wild. Here is a video showing the reunion between these old friends, one year after Christian was sent back into the Kenya wild.

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