Killing of Cecil the lion sparks £0.5m in donations to Oxford wildlife...
Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, which was studying lion shot in Zimbabwe, has received over £550,000 to fund big cat researchThe death of Cecil the lion has sparked donations...
View ArticleJe Suis Cecil: the roaring trade in commemorative lion merchandise
From a £1,500 gold-plated mobile phone to a dedicated Beanie Baby, you can now mark the passing of the world’s most famous lion in unsuitable style. It’s what he would have wanted And so we mourn the...
View ArticleA dentist not so red in tooth and claw | Letters
Your editorial “The immorality of the hunt” (31 July) alluded to the “sinister side” of Walter the dentist. It’s a profession that never fares well in the press or literature. Sitting opposite me is my...
View ArticleBlack American lives are being erased. The victors still rewrite history |...
The policeman who killed Michael Brown gets more sympathetic coverage than the dead teenager did, and let’s not even get started on Cecil the lionThis past weekend, a massive photograph of Cecil the...
View ArticlePennsylvania doctor accused of illegally hunting lion says he followed protocols
Jan Seski’s lawyer says doctor’s Zimbabwe hunt was conducted within lawsCarnegie museum reviewing his donations of two crocodiles and an alligatorAn American doctor accused of killing a lion in an...
View ArticleCecil the lion tribute created by Lion King animator
Digital rendering of famous animal killed by US hunter aiming to highlight issues over deaths of other African creatures at the hands of foreignersAn Oscar-nominated animator who worked on Disney...
View ArticleCecil the lion: charges 'frivolous' says Zimbabwean hunter as trial postponed
Theo Bronkhorst, who helped American Walter Palmer kill popular animal, appears in court in Zimbabwe accused of failing to prevent an illegal hunt A Zimbabwean hunter who led the expedition that killed...
View ArticleCecil the lion killing disgusting and horrifying, says UK minister
Environment minister, Rory Stewart, says UK is considering a ban on animal trophy imports but he can see both sides of the argument for legal game huntingThe illegal killing of Cecil the lion by a US...
View ArticleTrial of Cecil the Lion hunt leader Theo Bronkhorst postponed until September...
The trial of Theo Bronkhurst, the leader of the hunting expedition that killed Cecil the Lion, was postponed until September on Wednesday to give his legal team more time to prepare their defence....
View Article'Lion killer': Walter Palmer's Florida vacation home vandalized
Vandals spray-painted the $1.1m property’s garage and littered the driveway with pigs feet in reaction to the Minnesota dentist’s killing of Cecil the lion last monthVandals spray-painted “lion killer”...
View ArticleTake down your taxidermy – it's a disgrace | Philip Hoare
The global revulsion at the killing of Cecil the lion sits uncomfortably with a boom in stuffed specimens in hip galleries and restaurantsIt is salutary to consider that the ultimate intended...
View ArticleAfrican countries criticise airlines' ban on transport of animal parts
South Africa says that if hunters cannot take home trophies the $5oom industry will suffer, affecting jobs, development and conservationSome African countries that allow hunting have criticised a...
View ArticleBeyond Cecil: The illegal trade in wildlife has real consequences for the world
As the world agonised over the death of Cecil the Lion, poachers slaughtered five elephants in Kenya. It’s time we addressed this global epidemic Related: Inside the complicated world of online...
View ArticleMugabe hits out at failure to protect Cecil the lion
President’s comments come after Zimbabwean officials quietly lift blanket ban on hunting imposed after lion’s deathZimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has expressed anger that his people failed to...
View ArticleWorld Lion Day activists remember Cecil as they highlight big cats' plight
Animal advocates gather on Boston Common during second annual event to call for an improved coexistence between humans and lions as world mourns CecilDays after the death of Cecil the lion incited...
View ArticleHunter who shot Cecil the lion illegally killed black bear in Wisconsin in 2006
Walter Palmer authorized by state officials to hunt and kill a bear within a certain zone but did so 40 miles astray and later pleaded guilty to lying about itNewly released photographs show the now...
View ArticleMia Couto: ‘I am white and African. I like to unite contradictory worlds’
The novelist discusses his hopes for conservation after the death of Cecil the lion, and his memories of Mozambique’s bloody civil warSuch is the power of Mia Couto’s fiction that, after reading his...
View ArticleCecil the lion: Zimbabwe man charged for role in animal's killing
Honest Ndlovu accused of allowing illegal hunt on his land near national parkNo charges reported against US dentist Walter Palmer, who shot CecilZimbabwe has charged a man on whose land the well-known...
View ArticleLion kills guide in Zimbabwe safari park where Cecil lived
Quinn Swales charged by male lion during walking safari in Hwange national park, where American dentist Walter Palmer killed CecilA safari guide has been mauled to death by a lion in the same...
View ArticleMorrissey attacks Australian plan to cull two million feral cats
The British singer says the plan, which the government says will save endangered native animals, ‘is taking idiocy just too far’British singer Morrissey is a seasoned animal rights advocate and, heaven...
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