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Research Paper On Cecil The Lion

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The big summer headline that I have chosen Cecil the Lion. According to an article in The New York Times, the thirteen year old lion was lured out of his out of his sanctuary in a Zimbabwean national park which was placed there to lead Cecil to cross into an unprotected area by hunters. After being lured out, a Dr. Palmer – a dentist, shot the lion, first with a crossbow. The shot with the arrow was not able to kill Cecil and he ran away. He was tracked for nearly two days before finally being killed with a gun shot. Cecil was then decapitated and skinned, leaving the carcass of the lion. Once he was found to be the murderer of the beloved Cecil, he was mobbed digitally. His Yelp page was overrun with many comments blaming him along with his dentistry website was taken offline and many parody accounts popped up of his office. …show more content…

The nature enthusiasts and conservations troubles by wealthy big-game hunters were outraged. On the other hand, hunting advocates, along with some conservationists, argue that the selling of licenses to big-game hunters can pay for efforts to actually protect endangered species. Basically, this article is pretty even in sides and brings up the question of whether or not the killing of Cecil was correct of not. For me, it is not right at all. I have never been a big advocate of hunting, but I do understand why hunting must occur sometimes. Some situations that I find morally acceptable are when containing a population of animals to protect and ecosystem or having to hunt for food and

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