Community Chat

[Pearlee]

 Why aren't these animals being protected?  I'm heartbroken.  This from the Daily Mail:

"The son of Cecil the Lion has been shot dead by a big game hunter - two years after his father was killed, it has emerged. 

Xanda, a six-year-old male, was killed just outside Hwange National Park in north west Zimbabwe - near the spot where Cecil died two years ago.

Authorities were able to identify the animal - believed to be Cecil's oldest cub -because it had been fitted with an electronic tag."

You can read the entire article on the Daily Mail's website.

[noodleann]

Have they identified the "big game hunter"?

[makena]

Do they kill it and just leave it?  I would think they would take it for their trophy.

[noodleann]

Cecil in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe

[Pearlee]

@noodleann  Please identify what you are showing.  Is that Cecil with the black mane?

[noodleann]

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@Pearlee wrote:

@noodleann  Please identify what you are showing.  Is that Cecil with the black mane?

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That is Cecil in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. Not sure when it was taken. I don't know if the lady is his mate or just happened to be in the photo.

[Ms tyrion2]

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@Pearlee wrote:

@noodleann  Please identify what you are showing.  Is that Cecil with the black mane?

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Clearly it is. A lioness doesn't have a mane.

Heartbreaking news about cecil's son.

[Pearlee]

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@Ms tyrion2 wrote:

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@Pearlee wrote:

@noodleann  Please identify what you are showing.  Is that Cecil with the black mane?

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Clearly it is. A lioness doesn't have a mane.

Heartbreaking news about cecil's son.

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hahaha  Who ever thought, assumed, or even implied it was a lioness?

I asked because I didn't know if it was Cecil or one of Cecil's adult offspring. 

You are very funny, @Ms tyrion2

[noodleann]

According to the Washington Post, "Lion guardians said Xanda was killed during a hunt organized by Richard Cooke Safaris."

Xanda was just over 6 years old and leaves a family of several cubs.

[Justice4all]

TWO YEARS ALREADY??!!!!?