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The Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at Britain’s prestigious Oxford University, which had tracked Cecil since 2008, said more than £550,000 (S$1.2 million) had been received in donations over the past week.

Givemore Muvhiringi, Bronkhorst’s lawyer, asked for the trial postponement so he can prepare the case. Zimbabwe also has not requested his extradition.

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”.

Palmer hadn’t even seen the story yet about Minnesota-based dentist Walter Palmer, who was already under intense scrutiny for killing Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe.

The environmental minister of Zimbabwe, Oppah Muchinguri, called today for the extradition of the Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the Lion, according to an article by the New York Times.

The US dentist who killed a lion in Zimbabwe had done nothing wrong and was a “good man”, AFP quotes the hunter who led the expedition as saying.

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines said Monday it has banned shipment of lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies as freight.

Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside Palmer’s dental practice in Bloomington, Minnesota, this week to voice their disgust, CNN affiliate WCCO reported. Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri has meanwhile appealed for the United States to extradite Palmer so he can...

Contrary to media reports on Saturday, the other lion was not Cecil’s brother Jericho, who is still alive, the Bhejane Trust said.

In a statement sent to TakePart on Monday, Delta said it has banned the transport of lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and buffalo parts on its flights worldwide.

“Headman Sibanda’s case is in connection with a lion that was killed by the other American in April”, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokeswoman Caroline Washaya-Moyo said.

Stewart Dorrington, operator of Melorani Safaris in South Africa, said Seski had hunted on his property and all his actions there were “perfectly legal”.

Unfortunately it was too late to apprehend the foreign poacher as he had already absconded to his country of origin.

Jericho the lion is alive and well and roaming his park habitat in Zimbabwe, the Oxford University researcher tracking the lion confirmed on Sunday.

The Facebook page of a group called the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said Saturday that Jericho was killed.