Hunting Ban Lifted in Zimbabwe sparks Anger just One Week After Cecil the Lion’s Death

Posted on August 10, 2015

Lions in Africa Need Protection According to US Government

From DailyMail:

Zimbabwe’s ban on hunting lions, leopards and elephants around Hwange National Park – where Cecil the lion lived before he was lured to his death – has been lifted just a week after it was instigated. A statement to members of the Zimbabwe Professional Hunters and Guides Association was leaked this weekend, showing the ban on big-game hunting in areas outside of the park has been abandoned – but is still in place in the farm where Cecil was killed.

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Zimbabwe accuses 2nd American of illegally hunting lion

Posted on August 3, 2015

Following a recent story about illegal lion hunting:

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has accused a Pennsylvania doctor of illegally killing a lion in April, as it seeks to extradite a Minnesota dentist who killed a well-known lion named Cecil in July.

Jan Casimir Seski of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, shot the lion with a bow and arrow near Hwange National Park, without approval and on land where it was not allowed, said Zimbabwe’s National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.

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Zimbabwe arrests Chinese man over ivory smuggling

Posted on October 22, 2013

Harare (AFP) – A Chinese man was arrested at Zimbabwe’s main airport Monday trying to smuggle ivory out of the country, wildlife authorities said, after reports of hundreds of elephants being poisoned.