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3 unusual facts about Joy Adamson


Christian the lion

Adamson, a Kenyan conservationist, who together with his wife Joy raised and released Elsa the Lioness, agreed to reintegrate Christian into the wild at their compound in the Kora National Reserve.

Peter Glaze

He was also on the panel of the long running radio panel game Twenty Questions along with Joy Adamson, Anona Winn and Norman Hackforth.

To Walk with Lions

After to his marriage to Joy Adamson, both of fame in the film Born Free based on Joy's book of the same name, Adamson spent the latter part of his life protecting the lions and other wildlife in the Kora National Reserve, Kenya.



see also

George Adamson

Living Free (1972) is the sequel to Born Free; it stars Nigel Davenport as George Adamson and Susan Hampshire as Joy Adamson.

Living Free

This film is a sequel to the movie Born Free, which was based on the book of the same name by Joy Adamson.