This American dentist apparently paid $50,000 to kill Cecil the Lion. Unbelievable.....words can't express how I feel right now: we have to find a way to stop these trophy hunters!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/11767119/Cecil-the-lions-killer-revealed-as-American-dentist.html
Jane Goodall's full statement reads as follows:
"I
was shocked and outraged to hear the story of Cecil, Zimbabwe's much
loved lion. Not only is it incomprehensible to me that anyone would want
to kill an endangered animal (fewer than 20,000 wild lions in Africa
today) but to lure Cecil from the safety of a national park and then to
shoot him with a crossbow...? I have no words to express my repugnance.
He was not even killed outright, but suffered for hours before finally
being shot with a bullet. And his magnificent head severed from his
wounded body. And this behaviour is described as a "sport." Only one
good thing comes out of this – thousands of people have read the story
and have also been shocked. Their eyes opened to the dark side of human
nature. Surely they will now be more prepared to fight for the
protection of wild animals and the wild places where they live. Therein
lies the hope."
BBC article: What Cecil the Lion means to Zimbabwe: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33722688
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