Remember the Father of Lions, with a gift to our Forever Lions fund
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Hello John,
Today is deeply poignant for our charity as we remember Baba ya Simba, the ‘Father of Lions’, George Adamson, who was killed on this day in Kenya, in 1989.
George played a pivotal role in returning captive lions to the wild. In his memory, you can honour all he stood for with a gift to Born Free today ( [link removed] ).
Our charity’s cherished Co-Founder, Virginia McKenna OBE, pays tribute to George: “During our ten months in Kenya in 1964, my husband Bill and I became good friends with George, and he taught us about the nature of lions. Essential, as we were there to make a film of Joy Adamson’s book Born Free. Our friendship lasted until his shocking and tragic murder in 1989.
“George was an amazing letter writer and wrote to us from his little camp in Meru, Kenya, where Elsa the lioness was returned to the wild. Together with George, we had managed to obtain three of the lions used in the film and returned them to the wild – Boy, Girl and Ugas.
“This is an extract from one of those letters, written in 1966: ‘I find great happiness living in the bush with Boy, Girl and Ugas and do not feel the urge for higher aspirations. The moon is coming up over the palm trees in a cloudless sky. Boy and Girl are spending the night up in the hill. There’s not a sound to mar the beauty of the night.’
“Towards the end of his autobiography, My Pride and Joy, George asks, ‘Who will raise their voices, when mine is carried away on the wind?’ I feel sure he knows that all of us at Born Free, perhaps especially in this, our Year of the Lion ( [link removed] ), have been raising our voices for wild places and wild animals for the past 38 years. We will never stop. He is our inspiration.”
Virginia McKenna, George Adamson, Bill Travers, and Joy Adamson on the film set of Born Free.
Virginia McKenna with Girl on set of Born Free.
In these challenging times, George Adamson’s spark shines a light into the darkest corner and restores our faith in humanity. In his memory, your £10 gift to our Forever Lions Fund ( [link removed] ) will help:
Fight captive exploitationRescue individuals from lives of suffering and give lifetime care in sanctuariesProtect lions in the wild, where they belong, forever
Thank you. Together let’s roar for lions!
From your lion-loving friends at Born Free
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