Cecil the lion's killer revealed as American dentist

A Minnesota father of two is discovered to be the hunter who shot dead Cecil – one of Zimbabwe's most loved lions

 


"Conservation groups in Zimbabwe reacted angrily to the news that the 13-year-old animal had been killed: partly because the lion was known to visitors and seemingly enjoyed human contact, and partly because of the way in which he was killed. He was lured out of the national park and shot with a bow and arrow. The next day he was found wounded by the hunters and killed, before being beheaded and skinned.  "

""Of course, it is a personal achievement to harvest any big-game animal with a bow and arrow," said Glen Hisey, the curator of the Pope and Young records programme. "It is a way of honouring that animal for all time." "

 "Dr Andrew Loveridge, one of the principal researchers on the project, told the publication that Cecil and another male lion named Jericho led two prides with six lionesses and a dozen young cubs, and he feared for the safety of the cubs now Cecil had been killed.

"Jericho as a single male will be unable to defend the two prides and cubs from new males that invade the territory. This is what we most often see happening in these cases. Infanticide is the most likely outcome," he said. "

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Cecil the lion's killer revealed as American dentist - Telegraph: Harriet Alexander, Peta Thornycroft and Aislinn Laing