CECIL'S DEATH, SYMBOL OF ZIMBABWE

Cecil was a beautiful animal, of a very rare species, with a black mane. He was very loved by tourists, he was 13 years old and he lived inside the Hwange National Park, the protected park he was lured out with a bait on July 1st. He was found dead during the first week of July thanks to his gps implanted in his neck. Cecil was featured in a study program of Oxford University and the gps allowed researchers to monitor  his movements.

The American dentist Walter Palmer paid almost € 50.000 to illegally kill the lion. After he shot the animal with bow and arrows, they tracked him down for several hours and eventually shot him down. Not happy, they beheaded and skinned him so that he could have an horrifying hunting trophy. The two men who allowed this atrocity, the guide Theo Bronkohorst and the owner of the hunting reserve where the lion was found dead will be accused of poaching.

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