“To Walk with Lions” Trailer
This trailer is a movie about the story of George Adamson and Tony Fitzjohn’s work in Kora, Kenya. It stars Richard Harris as George Adamson.
George Adamson in 1967
Footage from the movie “Born Free,” a moving story about Elsa the lioness, cared for by George and Joy Adamson who is reintroduced into the wild.
Painted Dogs Opening Ceremony with Tony Fitzjohn OBE
Tony Fitzjohn, OBE at the opening of the new African Wild Dog exhibit in the Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom.
George Adamson: Father of Lions (Baba ya Simba)
George Adamson’s history of work in Kora.
Christian The Lion
In 1969, John Rendall (now a trustee of the George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust) and Ace Bourke bought a lion cub from Harrods in London. He was called Christian and was looked after by John and Ace in England for about a year. He was a magnificent animal, full of character and friendship, and an amazing bond formed between the two men and the lion. In 1970, John and Ace decided to take Christian to George Adamson in the Kora National Reserve in Kenya, where George and his assistant, Tony Fitzjohn, would rehabilitate him to the wild. Read more