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[[File:Cecil the lion at Hwange National Park (4516560206).jpg|alt=Cecil the lion at Hwange National Park in 2010.|thumb|Cecil the lion at Hwange National Park in 2010.]] | [[File:Cecil the lion at Hwange National Park (4516560206).jpg|alt=Cecil the lion at Hwange National Park in 2010.|thumb|Cecil the lion at Hwange National Park in 2010.]] | ||
Cecil was a male African lion who lived primarily in the Hwange National Park in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. He was being studied and tracked by a research team of the University of Oxford as part of a long-term study. On the night of July 1, 2015, Cecil was lured out of the protected area and wounded with an arrow by Walter Palmer, an American recreational big-game trophy hunter. He was then tracked and killed with a compound bow the following morning, between 10 and 12 hours later. Cecil was 13 years old when killed.<ref>[[wikipedia:Killing_of_Cecil_the_lion|Killing of Cecil the lion]] Wikipedia </ref> | Cecil was a male African lion who lived primarily in the [[Hwange National Park]] in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. He was being studied and tracked by a research team of the University of Oxford as part of a long-term study. On the night of July 1, 2015, Cecil was lured out of the protected area and wounded with an arrow by Walter Palmer, an American recreational big-game trophy hunter. He was then tracked and killed with a compound bow the following morning, between 10 and 12 hours later. Cecil was 13 years old when killed.<ref>[[wikipedia:Killing_of_Cecil_the_lion|Killing of Cecil the lion]] Wikipedia </ref> | ||
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Cecil was a male African lion who lived primarily in the Hwange National Park in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. He was being studied and tracked by a research team of the University of Oxford as part of a long-term study. On the night of July 1, 2015, Cecil was lured out of the protected area and wounded with an arrow by Walter Palmer, an American recreational big-game trophy hunter. He was then tracked and killed with a compound bow the following morning, between 10 and 12 hours later. Cecil was 13 years old when killed.[1]
References
- ↑ Killing of Cecil the lion Wikipedia