George Adamson: Lord of the Lions

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The story of George Adamson's lifelong involvement with animals in the Kenyan wild and his stormy marriage to Joy became the stuff of legend long before his brutal death in August 1989. At the age of 83, 'Bwana George' had become a kind of nature guru, attracting visitors from far afield to his Kora Game Reserve in north-east Kenya. He had always claimed that lions have a sixth sense; now, in an uncanny foretelling of his death, the whole pride of lions and lionesses gathered outside the camp the night before he died - as if paying their last respects to the man who had always been their protector.
Sandy Gall completed his television film - 'Lord of the Lions'- only months before the poachers struck. He has interviewed many of the people closest to George and Joy and drawn extensively on their first-hand reminiscences; friends and colleagues testify with a wealth of anecdotes to George's extraordinary life and adventures - and in particular to the ups and downs of life with Joy, the Austrian-born artist whose tempestuous personality enthralled some and repelled many, and who was herself murdered in 1980.