George Adamson

In 1944 he and Joy Adamson were married – the beginning of a partnership which led to the publication of Born Free, the story of Elsa the lioness which the Adamsons reared and returned to the wild. For Joy Adamson the book she wrote brought wealth and celebrity. For George, always content to stay out of the limelight, the Elsa years led to a growing fascination with Africa’s most powerful carnivores; and in 1970, when he and Joy parted amicably to live separate lives, he moved to Kora in Northern Kenya to continue his work on lion rehabilitation. 

 

“I chose Kora because it was the only place where I was allowed to bring my lions,“ said George.