President Robert Mugabe on Monday criticized the killing of Cecil the Lion, saying the animal was a key part of the country’s heritage.
“Even Cecil the lion is yours. He is dead. He was yours to protect and he [was] there to protect you,” said the ageing president, who is often the target of condemnation over the country’s human rights record.
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Sabrina Corgatelli, a keen huntress from McCammon, Idaho, uploaded this image of her posing over a giraffe she shot
The death of Cecil the lion has shocked the world and led to a backlash against big game trophy hunting – but this Idaho woman knows what side she’s on.
Sabrina Corgatelli, a university accountant from McCammon, Idaho, has gleefully posted images of herself on big game hunts comparable to that taken by Walter Palmer onto social media in the midst of the controversy.
In one image she poses over a downed giraffe, accompanied with the caption: ‘Day #2 I got a amazing old Giraffe. Such a amazing animal!! I couldn’t be any happier!! My emotion after getting him was a feeling I will never forget!!!’
And despite a stream of obscene and disparaging comments accusing her of animal abuse and heartlessness, the huntress has vowed to continue sharing the images regardless of what her ‘haters’ think. Smh, trouble maker. See more photos below…
Corgatelli, who has apparently been hunting since late July, also posted this image of a warthog she took down. Her posts have been met with howls of protest
Corgatelli poses with the beat in another image. The giraffe is her largest quarry so far and is likely to have attracted a kill fee of around $2,600
The gang: Corgatelli also uploaded this image of her hunting party trekking through the South Africa wilds
Lion killer: Corgatelli is pictured above posing over a slain lion, which is thought to have been killed by her boyfriend, center
Another one: Above Corgatelli poses over an impala, a breed of antelope, which she described as ‘Africa’s icon’
‘Beautiful’: Another one of Corgatelli’s trophy kills was this wildebeest. Her hunting trip is likely to have cost in excess of $10,000 in kill fees, lodging and other charges.
It’s like The Lion King, except the uncle is the good guy.
Over the past week, there has been an outpouring of anger and sadness at the death of a beloved Zimbabwean lion named Cecil.
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The lion, which was being monitored by Oxford University scientists, was lured out of a conservation area and shot by an American dentist.
Zimbabwe government ministers want the dentist extradited to face charges, and the U.S. government made contact with him on Friday, authorities told BuzzFeed News.
Adding to the sadness, conservationists had warnedCecil’s six cubs would also likely be killed by a rival male lion seeking to establish dominance in the pride.
“As you probably know, the natural law in lion society is that when a male dies and his weakened coalition is usurped, the new incoming males kill their predecessors’ cubs,” David Macdonald, project manager of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Unit wrote.
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But fear not! An unlikely hero has stepped in to save the day!
Macdonald says the cubs may be safe because “Cecil’s brother is still holding the fort.”
Some more good news: After Jimmy Kimmel made an emotional plea for donations for the Oxford research group after Cecil’s death, money has been flooding in!
Almost $470,000 has been raised so far, Macdonaldsaid, leaving his team “overwhelmed and inspired.”
American philanthropist Tom Kaplan and his wife Daphne have even agreed to pledge around $150,000 to match every dollar raised to help the Oxford team reach a $780,000 goal.
“We have to seize this moment where we can all make a difference,” Tom Kaplan said. “Jimmy Kimmel nailed it: If the tragic, illegal, death of Cecil can lead to the saving of many more lions, then some good can come from tragedy.”
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Two Zimbabweans accused of helping an American dentist hunt Cecil the lion have appeared in court amid growing anger over the protected animal’s slaughter. Professional hunter Theo Bronkhorst (right) and local landowner Honest Ndlovu (left) allegedly assisted Dr. Walter Palmer, who has since received death threats, catch and kill the lion.
Dr Palmer claims he had trusted his local guides to meet legal guidelines on his trip to Africa, during which he shot Cecil with a crossbow on July 1 before skinning and beheading him. Continue…
The two Zimbabwean men appeared at Hwange magistrates’ court charged with poaching, about 435 miles west of the capital Harare and were both released on bail of $1,000.
The Zimbabwean prosecutors’ documents accuse Bronkhorst of failing to ‘prevent an unlawful hunt’ and documents say Bronkhorst was supervising while his client, Palmer, shot the animal. The court documents made no mention of Palmer as a suspect.
But Americans while reacting to the killing of the loved lion stormed Dr Palmer’s working place and home leaving different messages there for him. Dr Palmer’s whereabout at the moment is unknown according to reports but he has issued an apology letter which a lot of people say is not enough. See the protests in photos below;
A memorial set up for late cecil at Dr Palmer’s office in Bloomington, Minnesota, along with a sign calling the hunter a killer
Stuffed lions were placed at Dr Palmer’s house and protesters dressed as ‘dentist hunters’ while armed with squirt guns outside his office
Artful protest: Painter Mark Balma paints a portrait of Cecil the lion to donate to anti-poaching efforts in the parking lot of Dr. Walter Palmer’s dental clinic
