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A review by booksandchicks
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds by Joy Adamson
3.0
Nonfiction about the infamous Elsa lion! Joy Adamson's husband was a game warden in Kenya and was forced to kill a male and female lion. What he didn't realize was the female had 3 cubs. They would never survive in the wild alone, so they took these cubs into their home. Two of them were sent off to a zoo after a couple months, but they kept Elsa.
It was beautiful to see the love Elsa had for Joy and the people that cared for her. She treated them like her pride. They put a lot of work into keeping her active and healthy. She slept next to Joy's husband and often with a paw touching him. She knew how to be gentle with these fragile humans as she became full grown at 300 pounds. The time came to see if she could survive in the wild alone!
They took great care previously in never having her hunt or kill her own food, for safety to them and other people around. Now, all of the sudden, she needs to learn to do that. Her instincts would take over and she would catch an animal and then look to the people to see what to do as she was holding them down. So they would shoot the animal and she would eat. Over time, they started leaving her alone for a night in the wild. When they finally came back she would be so loving and even sad she had been ditched! Often she had cuts and scratches from other lions that didn't accept her. They needed her to find a mate!
This was such an enjoyable read! I went to Kenya this summer and our guide recommended this book and it was so fun to learn more about lions and their personalities. Now to watch the movie that they made of Elsa before she was fully immersed into the wild!
It was beautiful to see the love Elsa had for Joy and the people that cared for her. She treated them like her pride. They put a lot of work into keeping her active and healthy. She slept next to Joy's husband and often with a paw touching him. She knew how to be gentle with these fragile humans as she became full grown at 300 pounds. The time came to see if she could survive in the wild alone!
They took great care previously in never having her hunt or kill her own food, for safety to them and other people around. Now, all of the sudden, she needs to learn to do that. Her instincts would take over and she would catch an animal and then look to the people to see what to do as she was holding them down. So they would shoot the animal and she would eat. Over time, they started leaving her alone for a night in the wild. When they finally came back she would be so loving and even sad she had been ditched! Often she had cuts and scratches from other lions that didn't accept her. They needed her to find a mate!
This was such an enjoyable read! I went to Kenya this summer and our guide recommended this book and it was so fun to learn more about lions and their personalities. Now to watch the movie that they made of Elsa before she was fully immersed into the wild!