One day in 1969 john rendall and anthony burke saw a real live lion cub in a london department store window.feeling that a lion should not be kept this way they bought him and took him home to live in rendalls basement.the lion whom they named christian is said to have been an affectionate and extremely cooperative cat who even used a giant kitty litter box.christian was pampered. He was brought on drives strolls through the neighborhood and even to restaurants