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Cecil the Lion's Son Shot and Killed (Legally)

posted by martyb on Friday July 21 2017, @10:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the if-they-had-a-larger-park... dept.

takyon writes:

Xanda the Lion is dead!

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.

Cecil incident from 2015.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 21 2017, @02:45PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 21 2017, @02:45PM (#542380)

    If X hunts for sport it doesn't deserve sympathy?
    The person who killed Xanda was hunting for sport.
    If that person is killed I shouldn't be sad about that.
    You know what... I won't be.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @05:43AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 22 2017, @05:43AM (#542758)

    It's ridiculous you're actually equating the life of lions and humans under a single variable. You're applying social contracts, norms and emotions meant for humans to interact with each other, to form a functioning society, to other animals with the criteria being how cute they look. With the exception of dogs who form packs with humans, crying over cats is not only irrational, it's disservice to other conservation efforts as it diverts necessary funds.

    It seems "What's next?! The Ebola conservation society?" was prophetic... Tragic.