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Trump’s Wildlife Conservation Council Led By Big Game Hunters Group Who Counts Cecil The Lion Killer As Member

Trump’s Wildlife Conservation Council Led By Big Game Hunters Group Who Counts Cecil The Lion Killer As Member

Donald Trump and his administration are under intense scrutiny once more as people are questioning the credentials of the members of the newly formed International Wildlife Conservation Council. Interestingly, some of the people tasked to provide advice regarding the conservation of wildlife are those who hunt them down as trophies. The International Wildlife Conservation Council […]

6y ago

Cecil The Lion Lured By Bait, ‘Suffered Incredible Cruelty’ Before He Was Killed in Zimbabwe, Claims New Book

Cecil The Lion Lured By Bait, ‘Suffered Incredible Cruelty’ Before He Was Killed in Zimbabwe, Claims New Book

When Cecil the Lion, the beloved lion in Zimbabwe, with the black fringe mane, was killed by Minnesota dentist, Dr. Walter J. Palmer, it created “international outrage.” Now, a new book chronicling the last days of Cecil’s life will be released in April. An excerpt has been published in National Geographic in advance of the […]

6y ago

Cecil The Lion’s Son, Xanda, Killed By Trophy Hunters In Zimbabwe

Cecil The Lion’s Son, Xanda, Killed By Trophy Hunters In Zimbabwe

Yet another of Cecil the lion’s sons has been killed by big game trophy hunters. Xanda, a 6-year-old lion in his prime, was shot on Friday, July 7, two years after his father, Cecil, was killed in an incident that sparked a global outcry. The Zimbabwean authorizes made the news of the death of Xanda […]

6y ago

Cecil The Lion’s Killers Walk Free: Zimbabwe Drops Charges Against Professional Hunter After Letting Dentist Walter Palmer Go Scot-Free

Cecil The Lion’s Killers Walk Free: Zimbabwe Drops Charges Against Professional Hunter After Letting Dentist Walter Palmer Go Scot-Free

Cecil the lion’s killers won’t face any prosecution. A court in Zimbabwe, the country in which dentist Walter Palmer shot the majestic creature for sport, has thrown out all charges. Despite drawing intense international criticism and persistent demands for penalizing American citizen Walter Palmer, and professional Zimbabwean hunter Theo Bronkhorst for killing the famous lion, […]

7y ago

Tilikum, SeaWorld Orca, Is Most Influential Living Animal Of 2016: See Top Five List

Tilikum, SeaWorld Orca, Is Most Influential Living Animal Of 2016: See Top Five List

Tilikum, the orca in the center of the SeaWorld controversy, is the world’s most influential living animal of 2016, according to a poll by Time Magazine. Tilikum was number two on the list of Top 100, nosing up right behind Cecil the Lion, who led the group. Tilikum is #2 on @TIME‘s 100 most influential […]

8y ago

Lemek: Second Lion Killed After Mohawk, Kenyans In An Uproar

Lemek: Second Lion Killed After Mohawk, Kenyans In An Uproar

Mohawk the Lion made international news on Wednesday when he was harassed by a mob, and then gunned down by rangers after he turned on a motorcyclist and knocked him to the ground, injuring him. Mohawk’s death was followed by the brutal killing of a second lion, named Lemek, who was found dead in a […]

8y ago

Prince William Wages War On Animal Traffickers

Prince William Wages War On Animal Traffickers

Prince William has launched an ambitious drive to eradicate illegal animal trafficking. A total of 40 firms and agencies from across the globe have joined the Duke of Cambridge in his fight to block traffickers from shipping illegally killed animals, which was announced Tuesday at Buckingham Palace. The agreement marks the dawn of the United […]

8y ago

Can The Yellowstone Grizzly Be Saved By Barack ‘Black Eagle’ Obama?

Can The Yellowstone Grizzly Be Saved By Barack ‘Black Eagle’ Obama?

Even those who disagree with President Obama’s policies have to admit that he’s probably the coolest president ever. He shoots hoops, has coffee with Jerry Seinfeld, and little kids love him. So, what could be cooler than having your own Native American name? Obama made a stop on the Crow Indian Reservation in May, 2008, […]

8y ago

‘Cecil Effect’ Causing Lion Overpopulation, One Preserve Threatens To Kill 200 Lions

‘Cecil Effect’ Causing Lion Overpopulation, One Preserve Threatens To Kill 200 Lions

Last year, when a lion named Cecil was killed by dentist Walter Palmer, international anger over the incident drove most big-game hunters away from Zimbabwe. Yet, due to what some are calling the “Cecil Effect,” a Zimbabwe preserve has warned that the lion population has grown unmanageable and has proposed killing off at least 200 […]

8y ago

Lion Kills Illegal Game Hunter And His Dogs Near Kruger National Park

Lion Kills Illegal Game Hunter And His Dogs Near Kruger National Park

In what might be perceived as karma, an illegal game hunter and his two dogs were mauled to death by a lion at a private game farm in Limpopo near Kruger National Park, South Africa on Thursday. The hunter will get no sympathy from lovers of the famous Cecil the Lion, who was killed just […]

8y ago

Cecil Part Two: German Tourist Pays $60,000 To Kill Zimbabwe’s Largest Elephant, Fierce Backlash Looms

Cecil Part Two: German Tourist Pays $60,000 To Kill Zimbabwe’s Largest Elephant, Fierce Backlash Looms

As if the recent backlash against the killing of Cecil the Lion, one of the world’s most beloved animals, had not triggered enough debate about wildlife conservation, one German hunter decided to go the extra mile. In another shocking case of hunting emerging from Zimbabwe, a German tourist dared to invite the wrath of animal […]

8y ago

Hunter Who Aided U.S. Dentist In Killing Cecil The Lion Says His Life Is Ruined

Hunter Who Aided U.S. Dentist In Killing Cecil The Lion Says His Life Is Ruined

While U.S. dentist Walter Palmer goes free, Theo Bronkhorst, the hunter who failed to stop him from killing Cecil the lion, says his life has been ruined. The government of Zimbabwe stated earlier this week that there would be no charges laid against Walter Palmer for killing the prized black-maned Cecil the lion. However, Theo […]

8y ago

Walter Palmer Skirts Charges In Cecil The Lion’s Death, And He’s Still Welcome In Zimbabwe

Walter Palmer Skirts Charges In Cecil The Lion’s Death, And He’s Still Welcome In Zimbabwe

Paperwork has saved American dentist and big game hunter Walter Palmer from facing criminal charges in the controversial death of a prized and beloved lion named Cecil in July. After a thorough examination of the papers Palmer obtained in order to hunt in Zimbabwe, the country’s environment minister, Oppah Muchinguri, said everything was indeed above […]

8y ago

Ashley Benson’s Sexy Cecil The Lion Costume: The ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Star’s Apology

Ashley Benson’s Sexy Cecil The Lion Costume: The ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Star’s Apology

Ashley Benson wanted to know what her fans thought of her Halloween costume. Unfortunately, for her, some of them weren’t too happy with her controversial choice. The Pretty Little Liars star showed off her Halloween costume early. She took to Instagram on Tuesday, October 6, to show off her sexy Cecil the Lion costume, which […]

8y ago

Rhino Poachers Are Getting Killed Off At ‘Alarming’ Rate, Says Former President: Justice?

Rhino Poachers Are Getting Killed Off At ‘Alarming’ Rate, Says Former President: Justice?

Poachers are starting to become an endangered species of their own. A new report from Vice reveals that more than 500 people hunting illegally have been killed by South African park rangers in the last five years. The news was met with enthusiasm by many of the site’s readers, especially in the wake of stories […]

8y ago

Theo Bronkhorst, Cecil The Lion’s Tracker, Arrested For Smuggling Antelope In Africa Before Trial – Yet He Walks Free

Theo Bronkhorst, Cecil The Lion’s Tracker, Arrested For Smuggling Antelope In Africa Before Trial – Yet He Walks Free

Theo Bronkhorst, the man known as Cecil the Lion’s tracker, was recently arrested for allegedly smuggling sable antelope into South Africa. Bronkhurst’s lawyer managed to get the charges dropped, but the founder of Bushman Safaris still faces charges related to Cecil the Lion’s death, and it’s possible Bronkhurt will be served different charges over this […]

8y ago

Walter Palmer Returns To Work Amid Audience Of Police, Media, And Protesters

Walter Palmer Returns To Work Amid Audience Of Police, Media, And Protesters

Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer, who has become perhaps the most hated hunter in America this summer, has returned to work to a modest police presence and some vocal protesters. It’s been six weeks since Palmer has been seen at his dental practice, and he arrived Tuesday with little fanfare, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The […]

8y ago

Killer Of Cecil The Lion Reopens Clinic This Week, Dentist Speaks Out

Killer Of Cecil The Lion Reopens Clinic This Week, Dentist Speaks Out

Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer, the killer of Cecil the Lion, reopens his clinic this week after an extended hiatus and claims he is frustrated at the backlash he and his family have received following the incident. Palmer went into hiding for over a month following intense global anger and threats on his life for Cecil’s […]

8y ago

Cecil The Lion Killer Walter Palmer Gives Interview, Reopening Dental Practice Tuesday

Cecil The Lion Killer Walter Palmer Gives Interview, Reopening Dental Practice Tuesday

Minnesota dentist Walter J. Palmer, who killed Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe in July of this year, has finally opened up about the incident. He gave an interview to two Minneapolis reporters Sunday. Palmer took questions from two reporters for around 20 minutes about the safari hunt in early July where he and his guides […]

8y ago

Cecil The Lion App Rejected By Apple

Cecil The Lion App Rejected By Apple

Cecil’s Revenge is an app that somewhat pays homage to Cecil the lion. The Cecil app turns the tables on poachers, and allows lions, elephants, giraffes and other wildlife to become the hunters. However, Cecil’s Revenge will not be coming to Apple devices, as of today. Apple has rejected Cecil’s Revenge, according to TMZ. The […]

8y ago

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