Julie's Journal
Good girls have diaries... Bad girls have blogs!If you know me in real life, or have spent any time reading my blog before this, you know I am a HUGE cat lover, and I even love the big ones too.
Australians John Rendall and Anthony Bourke bought a lion cub at Harrods department store in London. The two raised Christian as a pet in their Chelsea flat, until he got to big to care for. They only thing they could do was to release him into the wild in Africa.
This is what happened after they were reunited with Christian after a year of him living in the wild. Get out the tissue, this is really touching. The human-animal relationship is amazing…
[tags]Christian the lion, John Rendall, Anthony Bourke, reunited[/tags]
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These types of stories are indeed heartwarming, but usually do not turn out with a happy ending. It makes me very mad that this story is still being glamorized because more people now will want a “pet” like this too and think that they can just turn them loose in to the wild when they’re “done” with them. Most young animals raised as pets meet with a tragic end.
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I am definitely not a cat person, but I cry like a baby whenever I see this. Partly because I think Christian acts so much like a dog.
corrins last blog post..Bye Bye Bennigans
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cchiovitti – Luckily for us people” can’t just walk into Harrods anymore and buy a lion cub. The laws are more strict than back in the 1960′s.
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I completely agree Corrin.. Christian is so much like a dog.. I would just worry about it seeming nice and then attacking me like the magicians in Vegas..
Also.. Julie.. I looked for your email but couldn’t find it.. I have a story idea for you 
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Beth – My email can be found on the “About Julie” page. The link is across the top here in the banner.
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You were so right! Regardless, that lion remember the people that most likely saved its life from a truly miserable existence! I cried! Wish the stupid commentators could be eliminated. Yes, it could have gone badly, but the fact remains that it did not. THANKS!
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A lot of people still have misconceptions about the “attack” on Roy with the white tiger. The tiger did not intend to hurt him; if it had, chances are he would not have survived. The damage he sustained was due to blood loss from the puncture wound, which is inevitable when a tiger latches on. Experts believe that the tiger was attempting to drag him to safety after he’d tripped and fallen. Wild animals are unpredictable, but when they’re tamed and used to humans they rarely attack.
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Interesting story but very irresponsible to be selling exotic animals as adornments. Thank goodness the practice has stopped.
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I’m totally getting a lion cub now
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I don’t think you’d get as good of a reunion if it was a human being the men had saved. Animals are far more appreciative of the love and care shown to them than people.
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