The Lion Who Lived in a London Apartment.

Posted by Anita in Animal, Pictures on May 14, 2007 at 9:29 pm


Christian the lion on a TV

In 1969, Ace Berg and John Rendall bought Christian the lion cub from the Exotic Animals department of London’s Harrods for 250 pounds. For one year, “He travelled by Bentley, ate in fine London restaurants and spent his days lounging in a furniture shop.” The original owners have now written a book about their experience, but the Daily Mail has a great article on the lion that’s quite touching. Link


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6 comments to "The Lion Who Lived in a London Apartment."

  1. Alex
    May 15th, 2007 at 2:34 am

    Reminds me of Rupert the pet Rhino we had before on Neatorama.

  2. Roberta
    May 15th, 2007 at 1:40 pm

    Wow, what a beautiful story!

    It's amazing that the lion seemed to know that they were coming

  3. Tsitsi
    May 15th, 2007 at 1:56 pm

    There's footage of the touching reunion with Christian here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr1pWzoLvT8

  4. Ali S.
    May 18th, 2007 at 6:13 pm

    That picture really deserves something on par to the LOLCats. :p

  5. Agnel CJ Kurian
    May 27th, 2007 at 2:50 am

    http://www.garethpatterson.com/Bio/bio.htm

    Another lion related story. That's Gareth Patterson's Biography. He is known as the Lion man of Africa. A pal of the legendary George Adamson [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adamson] who first held that title.

  6. Stello
    June 15th, 2007 at 11:31 am

    Another book, or a new release of an older book? Because I read a book about this very same lion, years ago (I think it was a Finnish translation, too).


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