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How the Cecil killing helps Mugabe to squeeze more money out of trophy hunters

August 19, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Cecil was slain just in time to help Mugabe increase the government cut (See also Killing the most famous Cecil in Zimbabwe since Rhodes of Rhodesia,  part one of a series about the Cecil slaying and what it means.)          HARARE––Robert Mugabe was already hoping to extract more money from trophy hunters when alleged trophy poachers […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Africa, Africa, African species, Animal organizations, Captive animals, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Top, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Laws & politics, Poaching & trafficking, Predators, Sub-Saharan, Uncategorized, USA, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Cecil the lion, Merritt Clifton, Robert Mugabe, Walter James Palmer

Killing the most famous Cecil in Zimbabwe since Rhodes of Rhodesia

August 17, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“I’m a-comin’,  Cecil lad!” (See also How the Cecil killing helps Mugabe to squeeze more money out of trophy hunters.) Few people today remember Cecil the puppet sea serpent,  who starred from 1949 to 1962 in various incarnations of the satirical “Beany & Cecil” radio and television broadcasts.  Nominally produced for children,  the “Beany & Cecil” […]

Filed Under: Africa, African species, Conservation, Endangered species, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Sub-Saharan, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: Beany & Cecil, Cecil the lion, Johnny Rodrigues, Robert Mugabe, Walter James Palmer, Wayne Pacelle

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