Christian the lion dominates YouTube

And I can see why... What amazing footage, take a look.




Brief run down these two chaps (John Rendall and Anthony Bourke) were shopping in Harolds where they found a lion cub for sale (1959). In those days you were somehow allowed to sell exotic animals like that. But the lion cub was enclosed in a tiny cage and they took pity on the animal and bought it.

They then started to raise the animal in their flat and take it to their local church to exercise in the grounds there, quite quickly they realised they wouldn't be able to keep it too long in London (even pictures of them driving in a convertable with the lion in the back seat) and that they would need to take it back to Africa.

They did this and some years later went to visit Christian, the footage is of the reunion. So far the footage has received over 10million views, a must watch!