Mara the Lioness domesticated dog. Along with animal lovers, naturalists and experienced game wardens, they held the belief that integration back into the wild would harm Mara, rather than benefit. Mara did not fear man and indeed went out of her way to approach and play. This posed an enormous risk to her safety. In addition, release into the wild would place Mara and the other lionesses at risk of contracting "Babesia". Domesticated animals have no resistance to the fatal disease, a fact which George and Joy Adamson knew. Their lion Elsa had died of the same disease not less than two years
Harold Adamson was nominated for five Academy Awards. Among his best-known compositions was the theme for the hit sitcom "I Love Lucy". He retired from songwriting in the early 1960s, and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. In 1941, he collaborated with Pierce Norman, and baseball's Joe DiMaggio to write "In the Beauty of Tahoe", published by Larry Spier, Inc.. Harold Adamson Harold Adamson (December 10, 1906 – August 17, 1980) was an American lyricist during the 1930s and 1940s. Adamson, the son of Harold Adamson and Marion "Minnie" Campbell Adamson, was born and raised in Greenville, New