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| Cecil with part of his pride |
Copied from email from International Fund for Animal Welfare
I am not endorsing the organization; there are many wonderful organizations that you could contribute money to to help protect animals. I copied this email so people are aware of the horrendous tragedy that happened. It will make you heartsick when you read about Cecil. I will never understand why anyone would want to hurt a living creature.
No wild animal should be hunted as a trophy
Cecil had reached celebrity status with visiting tourists and researchers. The beloved 13-year-old lion was lured out of the safe confines of his home in a national park in Zimbabwe with food.
He was then shot with a cross-bow bolt reportedly fired by a dentist from Minnesota who paid nearly $50,000 just for the opportunity. I can't imagine the intense pain Cecil must have been in.
The cross-bow bolt did not kill him instantly. Instead, a badly wounded Cecil fled for his life with the hunter in pursuit for 40 hours.
Can you imagine the terror that Cecil must have felt? These hunters reportedly tracked Cecil down and then fatally shot this beautiful wild animal in the head with a gun.
It's almost more than I can bear to think of this magnificent lion's suffering. His death was cruel. And worse still, the killing of a pride's dominant male like Cecil, has a negative impact on the entire pride.
No longer can Cecil protect his pride from rogue male lions. And now his young cubs and the females are placed in danger - meaning, in all reality, these hunters' actions may lead to the deaths of many more African lions - a species threatened with extinction.
Don't let Cecil's tragic death be in vain.
Our efforts to protect threatened wild species like the African lions must go on and we need your help to keep fighting to protect beautiful wildlife like Cecil.
The cross-bow bolt did not kill him instantly. Instead, a badly wounded Cecil fled for his life with the hunter in pursuit for 40 hours.
Can you imagine the terror that Cecil must have felt? These hunters reportedly tracked Cecil down and then fatally shot this beautiful wild animal in the head with a gun.
It's almost more than I can bear to think of this magnificent lion's suffering. His death was cruel. And worse still, the killing of a pride's dominant male like Cecil, has a negative impact on the entire pride.
No longer can Cecil protect his pride from rogue male lions. And now his young cubs and the females are placed in danger - meaning, in all reality, these hunters' actions may lead to the deaths of many more African lions - a species threatened with extinction.
Don't let Cecil's tragic death be in vain.
Our efforts to protect threatened wild species like the African lions must go on and we need your help to keep fighting to protect beautiful wildlife like Cecil.
Azzedine Downes
IFAW President |
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