Cecil the lion

HARARE — Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Monday criticised the killing of Cecil the Lion, saying the animal was a key part of the country’s heritage. "Our wildlife, all our animals, belong to us. They should not be shot with a…
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Zimbabwe’s most famous big cat, Cecil the lion, was shot and killed by an American trophy hunter early in July. The man who stalked and killed the 13 year old lion is Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota. Waza Blogger Jera…
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By Ian Scoones The huge uproar generated by the shooting of Cecil the lion provides a fascinating lens into Zimbabwe’s new elite land politics and the relationship between humans and “wild” nature. The country’s extensive game…
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The popular Lion Lager brew is using Cecil to market its beer. The brand placed adverts in the Zimbabwean press on Thursday saying, "Our pride lives on - A tribute to Cecil the Lion". "We're all sad that Cecil has gone. But his…
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By Goodwell Nzou My mind was absorbed by the biochemistry of gene editing when the text messages and Facebook posts distracted me. So sorry about Cecil. Did Cecil live near your place in Zimbabwe? Cecil who? I wondered. When I…
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By Alastair Leithead | BBC News, Zimbabwe | Three little spots on a cracked smartphone screen show Brent Stapelkamp the last known locations of Jericho the lion. Every two hours his tracking collar pings the satellite and it's…
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Cecil the lion, whose death at the hands of hunters in Zimbabwe prompted worldwide outrage, may be commemorated by a bronze statue at the entrance to the park where he lived. A conservation group has announced it wants to erect a…
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By Mutumwa Mawere What lessons, if any, do we learn from the killing of Cecil and the consequent global outcry over the act? This morning, I searched for Cecil the Lion on the internet and I got 126,000,000 results, confirming that in…
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By Helen Kadirire The United States government has backed away from giving any more public comments on the administration’s handling of Zimbabwe’s extradition request for the American dentist who shot a prized big cat, Cecil. In a…
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LONDON - People moved by the killing of Zimbabwe's beloved lion Cecil have donated more than half a million pounds in his memory towards lion conservation, the unit which spent years tracking Cecil said on Tuesday. The Wildlife…
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