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George Adamson: Lion tamer who couldn't tame poachers

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George Adamson moved to Kenya in 1924. [File, Standard]

In the heart of the most famous game sanctuaries in the troubled belt of Northern Kenya, brewed a strange love between an Indian-born conservationist, an Australian artist and lions and his clashed with poachers.

This romance between George Adamson, Joy (Australian) and the lions had blossomed into a marriage. Their adventure with the lions had started in 1956 when George who was a game warden then took home three motherless cubs. One of the cubs named Elsa later starred in a film of "Born Free."

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