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Cecil The Lion's Son Has 'Met The Same fate' - Killed In A Trophy Hunt In Zimbabwe, Officials Say
The son of Cecil the lion - Zimbabwe's beloved big cat, whose death at the hands of an American trophy hunter triggered widespread outrage two summers ago - has been killed as well, according to officials at Hwange National Park.
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Plight Of African Lions Persists 1 Year After Cecil Killing
A year ago, an American killed a lion in Zimbabwe in what authorities said was an illegal hunt, infuriating people worldwide and invigorating an international campaign against trophy hunting in Africa. Some conservationists, however, warn there are greater threats to Africa's beleaguered lion populations, including human encroachment on their habit...
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Zimbabwe Court Says Local Cecil Hunter to Face Trial Next Month
A Zimbabwean court today refused a hunter's request to drop charges against him for failing to stop the killing of Cecil the lion by an American, who just days ago was cleared by the government.
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Zimbabwe Hunter Behind Cecil Killing in Fresh Wildlife Charges
The professional hunter who helped an American dentist kill Zimbabwe's popular lion Cecil appeared in court Tuesday on new charges of planning to smuggle sable antelope out of the country.
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US Dentist Who Killed Cecil the Lion Breaks Silence
The US dentist who killed Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion has broken weeks of silence, saying in an interview that he had no idea it was a special feline and announcing he would return to work after lying low.
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Office of Minnesota Dentist Who Shot Zimbabwe Lion Reopens Without Him
The dental practice of a Minnesota hunter whose killing of Zimbabwe's best-known lion, Cecil, sparked widespread criticism from animal lovers around the world reopened on Monday without him, the practice said in a statement.
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe Rages Against Killing Of Cecil The Lion
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe today criticised the killing of Cecil the Lion, saying the animal was a key part of the country's heritage.
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Trial Over Cecil the Lion's Death Due to Open in Zimbabwe
The professional Zimbabwean hunter who led the expedition that killed Cecil the lion was due to stand trial today on charges of organising an illegal hunt.
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Major US Airlines end Trophy Hunter Shipments After Cecil Outcry
Three US airlines have banned the transport of lion, leopard, elephant, rhino or buffalo killed by trophy hunters, in the latest fallout from the killing of Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion last month.
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Pittsburgh Doctor Linked to Second Zimbabwe Lion Hunt Probe
Zimbabwe has linked a Pennsylvania doctor to an investigation into illegal lion hunting, naming him on Sunday as a client of a safari operator accused of breaching regulations, a week after an American dentist was accused of illegally killing the country's most famous lion, Cecil.
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New York's Empire State Building Highlights Endangered Animals
The iconic Empire State Building here was the venue of a "first-of-its-kind" event where images of endangered animals like snow leopards, tigers and a giant photo of Cecil the lion were flashed across its facade, drawing huge crowds of spectators.
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Conflicting Reports Over 'Killing' of Cecil The Lion's Brother in Zimbabwe
Uncertainty surrounded the fate of another lion from Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park Saturday after a conservation group reported that Jericho, brother of the lion slain by American dentist Walter Palmer, had also been killed.
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'What Lion?' Zimbabweans ask, Amid Global Cecil Circus
As social media exploded with outrage this week at the killing of Cecil the lion, the untimely passing of the celebrated predator at the hands of an American dentist went largely unnoticed in the animal's native Zimbabwe.
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Dentist Who killed Cecil the Lion Poached in US
The wealthy American dentist who killed Zimbabwe's beloved lion Cecil is a trophy-seeking bow hunter with a poaching conviction in the United States.
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Professor Who Studied Cecil the Lion Calls for Donations
People moved by the death of Zimbabwe's beloved Cecil the lion should donate to conservation efforts to save Africa's dwindling population of the giant cats, a professor who spent years tracking Cecil said on Wednesday.
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Cecil The Lion's Son Has 'Met The Same fate' - Killed In A Trophy Hunt In Zimbabwe, Officials Say
The son of Cecil the lion - Zimbabwe's beloved big cat, whose death at the hands of an American trophy hunter triggered widespread outrage two summers ago - has been killed as well, according to officials at Hwange National Park.
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Plight Of African Lions Persists 1 Year After Cecil Killing
A year ago, an American killed a lion in Zimbabwe in what authorities said was an illegal hunt, infuriating people worldwide and invigorating an international campaign against trophy hunting in Africa. Some conservationists, however, warn there are greater threats to Africa's beleaguered lion populations, including human encroachment on their habit...
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Zimbabwe Court Says Local Cecil Hunter to Face Trial Next Month
A Zimbabwean court today refused a hunter's request to drop charges against him for failing to stop the killing of Cecil the lion by an American, who just days ago was cleared by the government.
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Zimbabwe Hunter Behind Cecil Killing in Fresh Wildlife Charges
The professional hunter who helped an American dentist kill Zimbabwe's popular lion Cecil appeared in court Tuesday on new charges of planning to smuggle sable antelope out of the country.
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US Dentist Who Killed Cecil the Lion Breaks Silence
The US dentist who killed Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion has broken weeks of silence, saying in an interview that he had no idea it was a special feline and announcing he would return to work after lying low.
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Office of Minnesota Dentist Who Shot Zimbabwe Lion Reopens Without Him
The dental practice of a Minnesota hunter whose killing of Zimbabwe's best-known lion, Cecil, sparked widespread criticism from animal lovers around the world reopened on Monday without him, the practice said in a statement.
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe Rages Against Killing Of Cecil The Lion
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe today criticised the killing of Cecil the Lion, saying the animal was a key part of the country's heritage.
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Trial Over Cecil the Lion's Death Due to Open in Zimbabwe
The professional Zimbabwean hunter who led the expedition that killed Cecil the lion was due to stand trial today on charges of organising an illegal hunt.
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Major US Airlines end Trophy Hunter Shipments After Cecil Outcry
Three US airlines have banned the transport of lion, leopard, elephant, rhino or buffalo killed by trophy hunters, in the latest fallout from the killing of Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion last month.
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Pittsburgh Doctor Linked to Second Zimbabwe Lion Hunt Probe
Zimbabwe has linked a Pennsylvania doctor to an investigation into illegal lion hunting, naming him on Sunday as a client of a safari operator accused of breaching regulations, a week after an American dentist was accused of illegally killing the country's most famous lion, Cecil.
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New York's Empire State Building Highlights Endangered Animals
The iconic Empire State Building here was the venue of a "first-of-its-kind" event where images of endangered animals like snow leopards, tigers and a giant photo of Cecil the lion were flashed across its facade, drawing huge crowds of spectators.
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Conflicting Reports Over 'Killing' of Cecil The Lion's Brother in Zimbabwe
Uncertainty surrounded the fate of another lion from Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park Saturday after a conservation group reported that Jericho, brother of the lion slain by American dentist Walter Palmer, had also been killed.
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'What Lion?' Zimbabweans ask, Amid Global Cecil Circus
As social media exploded with outrage this week at the killing of Cecil the lion, the untimely passing of the celebrated predator at the hands of an American dentist went largely unnoticed in the animal's native Zimbabwe.
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Dentist Who killed Cecil the Lion Poached in US
The wealthy American dentist who killed Zimbabwe's beloved lion Cecil is a trophy-seeking bow hunter with a poaching conviction in the United States.
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Professor Who Studied Cecil the Lion Calls for Donations
People moved by the death of Zimbabwe's beloved Cecil the lion should donate to conservation efforts to save Africa's dwindling population of the giant cats, a professor who spent years tracking Cecil said on Wednesday.
