In June I posted the tearjerker clip of John Rendall and Ace Bourke returning to the wild for a reunion with Christian, a lion they had raised for years and then released. The clip has become a YouTube sensation, with millions of views. Anyway, Rendall and Bourke (does anyone know if they are a gay couple, because that's what I've heard but haven't been able to confirm) appeared this week on the Today show and Meredith Vieira talked to them about their story.
Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP…
Here's a description of a film on Christian which describes “two very gay young men” and mysterious sexual overtones. This Mail Online article from 2007 is more background on the story…
