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Joy Adamson is best known for her conservation efforts associated with Elsa the Lioness. In 1956, George Adamson, in the course of his job as game warden of the Northern Frontier District in Kenya, shot and killed a lioness as she charged him and another warden.
Joy Adamson (born Jan. 20, 1910, Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Opava, Czech Republic]—died Jan. 3, 1980, Shaba National Reserve, Kenya) was a conservationist who pioneered the movement to preserve African wildlife.
Illustrator, conservationist and author Joy Adamson is internationally known for her contribution to Kenya’s natural and cultural heritage. Adamson was a colorful, if at times...
Established in 1963 by Joy Adamson, the author of ‘Born Free’ and her husband George. The trust is dedicated to sharing the beauty of Kenya, it’s wildlife and it’s people, in a way that will inspire us all to preserve it for future generations of every species.
Joy Adamson, née Joy-Friederike Victoria Gessner, (born Jan. 20, 1910, Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Opava, Czech Republic]—died Jan. 3, 1980, Shaba National Reserve, Kenya), conservationist who pioneered the movement to preserve African wildlife.
Naturalist and wildlife preservationist Joy Adamson is best known for the books and films depicting her work in Africa, especially her inspirational book Born Free. Adamson spent almost forty years living on game reserves in Kenya, mostly writing and lecturing throughout the world on wildlife conservation.
Feb 28, 2011 · Joy Adamson was a pioneer in the field of conservation. With her husband George, senior game warden in a huge area of the northern frontier province of Kenya, she established one of the...
Joy and George Adamson were the pioneers behind this incredible journey and their conservation legacy continues today. Living in a remote African wilderness and returning and orphaned Lioness back into the wild, must have been a labour of love.
In my lifetime I was a naturalist, wildlife preservationist, speaker and writer. I was best known for my book, Born Free, which became an Academy Award-winning film about our work raising and releasing ‘Elsa the Lioness’ who had been orphaned as a cub.
Joy Adamson was a pioneer in the field of conservation. With her husband George, senior game warden in a huge area of the northern frontier province of Kenya, she established one of...
