For more than a decade, visitors to Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park would notice that one lion stood out from the rest—an enormous male with a long, shaggy black mane. The lion so endeared himself to tourists that he was given a name: Cecil.

I am sure you have already heard the story by now, but if you haven?t then here is a brief.

13 year-old Beloved Lion, Cecil, who once stayed at Hwange National Park, was recently killed, beheaded and skinned by a U.S dentist and trophy huntsman, Walter Palmer. This iconic Lion was on of Zimbabwe?s most popular and well known attractions, however, Palmer decided it would be good idea to fly to Zimbabwe and pay a man $55,000 to lure the Lion out into the open, simply for the ?pleasure? of killing him. Palmer managed to injure the Lion with an arrow from his bow but was not successful in killing him till around 40 hours after the arrow initially hit.

The Lion?s head was later cut off to be used as a trophy, his body was skinned, and the rest of his body unused. Palmer even tried to remove the Lion?s tracking caller – but failed.

Trophy hunting (as well as any other forms of hunting) is a huge problem in our society today, many of the world?s most endangered species are ?Ok to kill? and are ?not illegal?, for example, some of the exotic and endangered animals that are on the ?hunt-able list? consists of White Rhinos, Elephants, leopards and many more. Did you know that around 2000 species go officially extinct every year? That is about 4-5 species every day! – According to statistics.

We need to handle this issue immediately. It is high time that we realize that we are not the sole propertiers of Earth.  

Article Sources:

http://anonhq.com/the-results-from-killing-cecil-the-lion/

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/150730-cecil-lion-africa-hunting-science-animals/