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George Alexander Graham Adamson MBE (3 February 1906 – 20 August 1989), also known as the Baba ya Simba ("Father of Lions" in Swahili), was a British wildlife conservationist and author based in Kenya.
George Alexander Graham Adamson (Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India británica, 3 de febrero de 1906 – parque nacional Kora, Provincia Costera, Kenia, 20 de agosto de 1989), también conocido como Baba ya Simba ('Padre de leones' en Suajili), [1] fue un conservacionista de la vida salvaje y escritor británico. Él y su esposa Joy Adamson fueron ...
George Adamson. 1906-1989. George Adamson, the "Lion Man" of Africa was one of the founding fathers of wildlife conservation. He is best known through the book and film "Born Free", the story of Elsa, an orphaned lioness raised and released into the wild by Adamson and his wife, Joy.
The Beginnings. The George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust was formed in England in 1979 to raise funds for the work being done in the Kora National Park in northern Kenya by George Adamson and his assistant Tony Fitzjohn. This work was reflected in famous and iconic films and books such as Born Free, To Walk with Lions, My Pride and Joy ...
George Adamson always described him as the ‘cheerful, mischievous and courageous lion from London.’ George Adamson was murdered by bandits in 1989 and with the politics in disarray in Kenya, Tony Fitzjohn went to Tanzania to work in George’s name in partnership with the Wildlife Division of the Government of Tanzania on the rehabilitation ...
A protector of Kenya's wildlife. No one knew better the language and lives of lions, or loved them more than George Adamson. Changing wildlife conservation worldwide, George is often referred...
On 20 August 1989, George Adamson was murdered near his camp in Kora National Park, by Somali bandits, when he went to the rescue of his assistant and a young European tourist in the Kora National Park. He was 83 years old. He is buried in the Kora National Park near his brother Terance.
