VERY SAD NEWS: CECIL's SON KILLED BY HUNTER

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

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 · ‎06-10-2015

Have they identified the "big game hunter"?

makena · ‎10-29-2016

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

noodleann · ‎06-10-2015

Cecil in Hwange National Park Zimbabwe.jpg

Cecil in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

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

noodleann · ‎06-10-2015

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

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 · ‎05-08-2017

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

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

Heartbreaking news about cecil's son.

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@Ms tyrion2 wrote:
@Pearlee wrote:
@noodleann Please identify what you are showing. Is that Cecil with the black mane?

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

Heartbreaking news about cecil's son.

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