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The Hwange Safari Company

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The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
The Hwange Safari Company
Phone:
+263 9 243 954

Address:
| Main Camp, Zip Hwange National Park, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Cecil was a lion that lived primarily in the Hwange National Park in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. He was a major attraction of the park and was being studied and tracked by a researcher team of the University of Oxford as part of a long-term study. On the night of 1 July 2015, Cecil was wounded with an arrow by Walter Palmer, an American dentist and recreational big-game hunter, then tracked and killed with a bow and arrow the following morning, between 10 and 12 hours later. Cecil was 13 years old when killed. Palmer had a permit and was not charged with any crime; authorities in Zimbabwe have said he is still free to visit the country as a tourist – but not as a hunter.The killing resulted in international media attention, caused outrage among animal conservationists, criticism by politicians and celebrities and a strong negative response against Palmer. Five months after the killing of Cecil, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service added lions in India and West and Central Africa to the endangered species' list, making it more difficult for United States citizens to legally kill lions. According to Wayne Pacelle President of the Humane Society, Cecil had changed the atmospherics on the issue of trophy hunting around the world, adding I think it gave less wiggle room to regulators.
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