"In 'Born Free and 'Living Free', Joy Adamson told the extraordinary story of her association with Elsa, whom she and her husband George had raised from a tiny cub to a full-grown lioness and then released to life in the wild. 'By a passionate patience and an understanding love,' as Sir Julian Huxley points out, a relationship was established that survived the release.
When Elsa had mated with a wild lion and her three cubs, Jespah, Gopa, and Little Elsa, were born, she brought them to the Adamsons' camp. And when she died prematurely, leaving her cubs unprotected, the Adamsons assumed guardianship over three lions raised in the wild. How they acquitted themselves of their unprecedented, heroic task is recorded in 'Forever Free'."
Here are some very rare photos of Elsa and her cubs; Gopa, Little Elsa and Jespah. There are
also a few snaps of her with George and Joy Adamson.
When Elsa had mated with a wild lion and her three cubs, Jespah, Gopa, and Little Elsa, were born, she brought them to the Adamsons' camp. And when she died prematurely, leaving her cubs unprotected, the Adamsons assumed guardianship over three lions raised in the wild. How they acquitted themselves of their unprecedented, heroic task is recorded in 'Forever Free'."
Here are some very rare photos of Elsa and her cubs; Gopa, Little Elsa and Jespah. There are
also a few snaps of her with George and Joy Adamson.
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