Christian The Lion - the full story- sigur ros - Duncan Riley

This is spectacular. Simply wonderful. How people can say that animals dont have feelings is simply absurd. And the meek shall inherit the earth... - loren feldman

Alright I'm not going to lie, just showed my girl and we were both crying. - loren feldman

this made the rounds on the internet like 2 months ago.. dont tell me that you all are so far behind !! - Peter Dawson

Oh I totally got teary! - Amber Horner

Beautiful, going to spread this on. - Christian

Peter, virality is never evenly spread :-) - Duncan Riley

but what i don't understand: why was Harrod's selling a lion cub? - Trent Olson

Trent, 1969.... - Duncan Riley

oh, thanks Duncan, that clarifies things...no wait, i still don't get it. - Trent Olson

Harrods was known for selling stupid "extravagant" things. - loren feldman

yes, but live predatory animals?? -- i suppose if civil rights didn't happen until the 60s (in theory, anyway), why should animal rights be any farther ahead... - Trent Olson

"They had discovered him for sale in Harrods' exotic pets department and, concerned for his conditions and fate, decided to buy him." Weird huh? - Vincent X

that was amazing - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

I started sobbing 2 hours ago when I first watched this. Check back in with me next week. I'll still be crying. That was effin amazing! - Michelle Feldman

That was really cool. It's amazing that it remembered them. How cool. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

It's really great they ended the video before the lion ate them. - Ranjit Mathoda

Ranjit, lol - Duncan Riley

You guys had me thinking it was all sad! That was a happy story. - Her Lindsay-ness

tears of joy, Lindsay, tears of joy... - Trent Olson

I totally cried. - Ayşe E.

Ayşe, nice, isn't it - Duncan Riley

I've seen that more than once over the past few years - and every time I get excited and giddy at the same spot. Thanks for resharing it. - Lucretia Pruitt

"virality is never evenly spread " - then its not viral yet.. maybe I was in the early infectious state as akin to .. bleeding edge vs leading edge :)- - Peter Dawson

"excited and giddy" Wow Lucretia you are dangerous! lmao - Igor The Troll יִצְחָק

that is awesome - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Truly one of the best true stories I've ever heard. I don't know how many times I've watched this. - Fleagle

Good to know the lion and his family ate well that night! Not only those two but the CAMERA CREW as well! - Mark O'Neill