Lion Reunited With Human Friends

March 16. 2009

The above posted video features a lion being reunited with two men that raised him in their flat (apartment) in London, before releasing him into the wild.

The video is quite touching. However, I must state, white people are brave. This is clearly a white sport.

A black person will walk through the toughest, crime ridden neighborhood in the world and not flinch, but if asked to participate in a lion hugging session, would decline then comment, “I’d much rather watch it on TV or you can send it to me on the internet.”

Thank you for the video, gentlemen, because I will not be trying that anytime soon. I’m just teasing. But it just goes to show how smart these animals are that they remember such things.

Seriously, it's good they released him, as I do not believe certain animals should be housepets, because they are better suited to the wild.

The lion who lived in our flat: The incredible story of the flatmates who raised a cub

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…

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