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Mara the Lioness (1965–1974) was an animal actor who appeared as Elsa in the 1966 movie Born Free, based on the true story of Elsa the Lioness raised by George and Joy Adamson. Mara was born in the wild in 1965, a premature cub abandoned by her mother during a violent rain storm.
There's a reason why the two lion cubs had to wait a month before seeing the vet. As the video from the zoo explains, the cubs' mama, Zamaya, wouldn't let anyone near them for the first couple of ...
George later realized the lioness was just protecting her cubs, which were found nearby in a rocky crevice. Taking them home, Joy and George found it difficult to care for all the cubs' needs. The two largest cubs, named "Big One" and "Lustica", were passed on to be cared for by a zoo in Rotterdam, and the smallest, "Elsa", was raised by the ...
Elsa: The Lioness that Changed the World (2011); Shown in the US under the title Elsa's Legacy: The Born Free Story. Also to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of the book a further documentary was produced which was a collaboration between BBC in the UK for their series Natural World and PBS for their series Nature .
Born Free is a book by Joy Adamson. Released in 1960 by Pantheon Books , it describes Adamson's experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa . It was translated into several languages, and made into an Academy Award -winning 1966 film of the same name .
Five adorable lion cubs born at a Sydney zoo in August have made their public debut, 12 weeks after their birth marked the first time in 18 years the zoo welcomed lion cubs.Footage released by ...
A very unusual trio has formed at an animal sanctuary in Georgia. Here's how Baloo the bear, Leo the lion and Shere Khan the tiger met. "13 years ago, the trio of cubs was found in an Atlanta drug ...
Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple, who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood and released her into the wilderness of Kenya. The film was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Columbia Pictures.