Another American doctor allegedly illegally killed lion in Zimbabwe

Meanwhile, Zimbabwean authorities are expected to seek the extradition of Walter Palmer, the Minnesota man thought to be responsible for killing Cecil the lion in early July.

Zimbabwe’s National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said Seski killed the animal – without approval – with a bow and arrow on land where it was not allowed.

Mr Rodrigues said the Task Force would raise the money for Cecil’s head to be mounted in a glass case and would ask the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority about the plan “once the dust had settled”. Cecil, who was part of an Oxford University study, was allegedly lured out of the national park with bait before being shot with a crossbow, tracked for 40 hours, then shot dead.

A government statement said a crackdown on illegal hunting since Cecil’s killing had led to the arrest of safari organiser Headman Sibanda. “I relied on the expertise of my local professional guides to ensure a legal hunt”.

“We will devote ourselves, supported by the incredible generosity of these donations, to working for the conservation of lions in Hwange and, with this marvellous support, the surrounding landscapes in adjoining countries,” said WildCRU’s director, Professor David Macdonald.

But Bronkhorst said that he was innocent of all charges and had obtained the permits required to kill an elderly lion that was outside the national park boundaries. I dare idiots everywhere to point out what was wrong about this & all hunts.

My husband Roy and I stayed there.

Trophy hunters – as opposed to hunters who shoot antelope to control their populations within a fenced, confined reserve – are systematically (and within the law, mostly) killing off the biggest wildlife specimens in Africa, yet the continent is also facing an unprecedented poaching crisis.

Bronkhorst – who said he grew up hunting and considers the practice a part of Zimbabwean culture, one that is essential for conservation – said his family has received death threats and that his business has been forever damaged.

“We had done everything above board”, he said.

A heated conversation around the violent death of a majestic big cat would be the last place most people would expect a child’s plush toy to make an appearance.

The fallout from Cecil’s death persisted Monday, when Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines announced an immediate ban on the “shipment of all lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies worldwide as freight”.

“The United States must initiate extradition proceedings and give over a citizen to a foreign country for prosecution”, wrote CNN legal analyst Danny Cevallos in an August. 1 report.

His colleague Andrew Loveridge said the new male lion could be Cecil’s former ally Jericho, who was not related to Cecil.