The father of the Lions, George Adamson was one of the greatest defenders of all time. He was a man beyond his time - a hero whose devotion to the lions in Africa is unparalleled. He sacrificed his life for the conservation and welfare of the endangered lions in Africa - the fight against poachers, bandits, bureaucracy and its frailties of age, only to preserve the habitat - fauna and flora Kenya's wildlife.
George Alexander Graham Adamson was born onFebruary 3, 1906 in Etawah, British India. His mother Katherine was English and his father Harry was Irish. After training in England, George and his brother Terrance moved to Kenya to work in a coffee plantation. This lifestyle, however, not only the adventurous nature of George and after trying various initiatives such as the goat and the gold trade, eventually took the position of Director of Department of play in Kenya in 1938. In 1942 he married the Austrian artist Joy Bally. Togetherthe lover of nature couple lived happily in their beautiful surroundings.
It was not until 1956 that the fate of an unexpected turn that would forever change the lives taken by Adamson. Earlier that year, George learned that there was a man-eating lions terrorizing some villages. George and his party went in search of the male lion and killed the maneater. Just then, the lioness burst out of nowhere and pays them unexpectedly - leaving men no choice but to shoot. It was only later thatGeorge learned the reason for the aggression of the lionesses' - her three newborn males.
Knowing that the guys on survival in the wilderness, George brought the three lionesses child at home, where he and Joy tried several recipes, up to a lion's milk formula, and accepted that the boy could develop fed. Over time, the boy grew up in adorable and playful little lions, and brings so much joy to George and Joy, who would not have had a sontheir joy with three abortions during their marriage.
As the boys grew, it became clear that they no longer remain as cuddly pets and thus the two elders were sent to Rotterdam Zoo in Holland - an excellent framework in which their visit years after George. Undertaken an almost impossible task, an almost domesticated wild lion - The younger brother, was named Elsa, after the insistence of Joy who has held, despite all conventional wisdom and advice. Thishad never been done before. George supported his decision and joy into the two together to teach Elsa how to hunt and fend for themselves in the set of the African bush.
After many months of hard work and dedication, Elsa finally kill her first. After some time has learned to interact with other lions and was finally able to truly independent in the desert - "live free" in the position after the "free born." This story was amazing and brought very soon cinematizedFame and the spotlight on George and Joy. Humble as always bypassed most of the attention, and George began his long and lonely road to preserve something of the wild population of lions in the region. Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna, who played the part of George and Joy respectively in the Oscar-winning film Born Free animal lovers has been great and lifelong friends of George.
George continued his work with lions in the Meru National Park in the Northern Frontier Province of Kenya.Unfortunately, with only five years, Elsa died of what was believed to be tick-borne illness, his last breath in the lap of George - brings a lot of grief for a man who would have broken my heart so much more to experience moments of his life. Only five years after the release of the movie, George had snatched from his position as senior warden after one of 'Boy' on his lion, go to another son of a retired custodian.
George was removed from the park and could only take his lions to the remote hotLands to an unknown place called Kora. Shortly after, separated in 1970, George and Joy in pairs, although switching to Christmas together with George still have a lot of love and affection for his wife continued.
In 1980 Joy Adamson was murdered. The brutal murderess was a servant who was suspended after she was found had been stolen. The same year Terrance was mauled by a lion and Government of Kenya to end the program, George tame lions and an introduction to the orphanswild.
In 1981, after a couple again, the government allowed George and his assistant Tony Fitzjohn leopard launch a program of training. However, could do little as poachers and bandits ravaged the animal world to do in Kenya, killing elephants for their tusks, rhinoceres for their horns, leopards for their pelts - terrorizing conservationists and the poor animals in the same way. George continued to struggle and to speak for the rights of animals, a constant threat from poachers and SomaliBandits and cattle grazing, the destruction of the country were the natural prey of the lions, forcing the herds to migrate and lions to starve.
On August 20, 1989 some European tourists were scheduled to visit kora. On the way to George Field, Somalis were attacked by bandits and robbed and brutally beaten. George went to his aid in his Land Rover. It 'was hit twice by bandits - once in his thigh and then in the back - and died immediately. Two other workers weremurdered. The killers stole George clock before departure. In the days after the assassination of George, were sent hundreds of policemen on the scene and made some arrests.
Kora is now protected as national park ranger. George poses alongside his favorite lions left in the whole straw huts buried. Home in nearby villages and past still remembered with affection to him. Lion footprints are often buried near George Square as ...
George Adamson was aHe saw a man unlike any the world has ever known. He understood better than anyone ever done the lions and has spent his entire life walking and living alongside the majestic cats. He loved her more than life itself, and eventually had to pay the price with his life for doing the lion wild and free again. His work has generated public interest and awareness that in many respects to the return of the endangered species most at risk from the big game in Africa.
Some time before his death, Georgewrote:
"Who will now care for the animals because they can not fend for themselves? There are young men and women who are willing to take on such commissions and raise their voices when they are led away from the wind, to plead their cause?"
