Follow Lions Through The Kenyan Jungle | Full Documentary

George Adamson sent a message to a documentarian and said that these were the last days for his sanctuary and his lions. That's how this 1980s documentary about George Adamson and the Kenyan lions he called family for decades begins. Follow the filmmakers as they share the last documentary footage of George Adamson, shot in his final years in Kenya.

00:00 Meet George Adamson, Baba ya Simba - Father of the Lions
01:40 Joy and George Adamson and the history of their love for big cats
03:00 Wildlife conservation at Kora National Park
03:47 George's fears for wildlife conservation and his program
05:03 Geography and no man's land in Kenya
06:03 The Kora Game Reserve and its inhabitants
07:15 The camp of the lions and its inhabitants
11:51 Nomads and cattle versus lions and conservationists
12:55 Day to day life on the Kora Game Reserve
14:35 Sitting down for an interview with Baba ya Simba
16:02 Wildlife's most dangerous predator: man
17:52 Memories of a lion attack
19:05 Carrying on George Adamson's work once he's gone
21:11 The ending of an era
22:37 Looking for a leopard released into the wild
27:42 Lion cubs and a new lease on life
29:06 Sitting down for an interview with George Adamson and memories of Joy Adamson
31:00 Visiting the final home of Joy Adamson and Elsa, her beloved lioness
37:08 Following a lion pride
42:42 Bugsy, the youthful lion at camp
43:57 A nighttime visit from a lionness
45:04 The legacy of George and Joy Adamson
47:00 An interview with the producers

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