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Two years after Cecil the lion was killed by a trophy-hunter in Zimbabwe, prompting global outrage, his son may have met a similar sad end. Xanda, a six-year-old lion with several young cubs, was reportedly shot on a trophy hunt. He is said to have died outside the Hwange National Park in northern Zimbabwe. The lion had been fitted with an electronic tracking collar by Oxford University researchers.
The BBC's Africa Correspondent, Andrew Harding, reports that at the age of six, Xanda was old enough to be legally targeted by big game hunters. These individuals, many from the US, UK and South Africa, pay tens of thousands of pounds for the deadly pursuit - thereby funding the staff who protect other wildlife in the National Park.
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Cecil the Lion's Son Shot and Killed (Legally)
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Lagg on Friday July 21 2017, @02:24PM (1 child)
This is the first headline i've seen about this that isn't trying to encourage hysterics and plainly just says: Yes, this time it was legal. Of course i'm sure there is a share of people where that doesn't matter and it's a crime no matter what.
Which is fine, I have less than 0 respect for trophy hunters that discard the animal after tracking it the training wheels way. It's sociopathic at best. So fuck 'em, go feed them to lions.
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday July 21 2017, @06:37PM
I'm fine with humans hunting adult lions, it all they get is being dropped at the edge of the park with a leather jacket and a 10-inch knife.