How was your weekend then - filled with choconess, hugginess, flush-edness...??? I do hope so. If, like myself, you are of a single disposition, it does not mean there has to be a lack of the warm and fuzzies. For a start, acting as chaPAWrone at the Heart2Heart dance in Blogville on Saturday kept me very busy and there was lots of Love with the capital 'ell' going around... Perhaps a little too much 'lovey-dovey' as well and I had my paws busy watching all the sideroom doors, particularly where Ernie and Roxy were concerned. sigh..... anyhoo, other than that I indulged. In what? Well apart from Star Trek DVDs and Ruby's mocktails........ These days it is easy to find things online to swell the heart and adorn the face with smiles. Let me share something which did that for me this Valentine's season.
In relation to the following clips, you can read more about Christian HERE. Additionally, (in case it doesn't come up in the 'after boxes') you may wish to watch the FULL DOCO. What you are seeing here is a lion cub who was bought from Harrods (yes... follow through on those links!) by a pair of Aussie blokes who had excellent plans for him. Getting in touch with George Adamson, they released Christian in Kenya and you see here his reaction to meeting them again after a year of no contact. The second vid is the second (and last) reunion...
(warning - that song wails out of the first vid... not my doing is all I'll say...)
In relation to the following clips, you can read more about Christian HERE. Additionally, (in case it doesn't come up in the 'after boxes') you may wish to watch the FULL DOCO. What you are seeing here is a lion cub who was bought from Harrods (yes... follow through on those links!) by a pair of Aussie blokes who had excellent plans for him. Getting in touch with George Adamson, they released Christian in Kenya and you see here his reaction to meeting them again after a year of no contact. The second vid is the second (and last) reunion...
(warning - that song wails out of the first vid... not my doing is all I'll say...)
The human - animal connection is often VERY strong. It's very touching to witness but of course we witness it every day at our house!
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Murphy & Stanley
Hari OM
DeleteI am sure of it... you are super lucky to have the home you do!!! Yxx
I'm just going to practice my 'lion leaps into arms of hooman for hugs' on Mum. She's gonna luff it I know!
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Princess Leah xxx
PeeS Aunty Yam you were the pawfect chaPAWrone last night, thank you for protecting this Princess's reputation!
Hari OM
Deletewooooooooo flatten her Your Leapingness!!! Yxx
Somehow I picked up on that story before the lion was released; how they found him in a carpet warehouse and adopted him. Way before the days of video clips, or even YouTube; I believe it was an article in a magazine. Finding the reunion(s) years later was so satisfying.
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DeleteActually it was HARRODS ZOO DEPARTMENT - yup.... worth watching the full doco per that link up there...Yxx
The depth of animal feelings is unappreciated by many humans. This story truly shows it.
ReplyDeleteMOM READ THAT BOOK AND ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. WHAT AN AMAZING STORY.
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I've read Christian the hugging lion (ok, it's a children book, but it was good) a couple of years ago and it touched my heart. I'm glad they brought Christian back to the wild. YAY for people from OZ.
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