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Xanda, son of Cecil the lion, 'killed by hunter' in Zimbabwe | Xanda, son of Cecil the lion, 'killed by hunter' in Zimbabwe |
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Two years after Cecil the lion was killed by a trophy-hunter in Zimbabwe, prompting global outrage, his son may have met a similar sad end. | |
Xanda, a six-year-old lion with several young cubs, was reportedly shot on a trophy hunt. | Xanda, a six-year-old lion with several young cubs, was reportedly shot on a trophy hunt. |
He is said to have died outside the Hwange National Park in northern Zimbabwe. | |
The lion had been fitted with an electronic tracking collar by Oxford University researchers. | |
The BBC's Africa Correspondent, Andrew Harding, reports that at the age of six, Xanda was old enough to be legally targeted by big game hunters. | |
These individuals, many from the US, UK and South Africa, pay tens of thousands of pounds for the deadly pursuit - thereby funding the staff who protect other wildlife in the National Park. | |
It is not yet clear who may have paid to shoot Xanda. A professional hunter is said to have reported the death to the authorities and returned the lion's collar. | |
The alleged killing comes two years after dentist Walter James Palmer, from Minnesota in the US, sparked an international outcry by killing Cecil, a 13-year-old lion who was a major tourist attraction in the area. | |
His home and dentistry practice were targeted by protesters after his identity surfaced in the press. | |
At the time it was reported that the lion had been shot with a bow and arrow and did not die immediately. He was followed for more than 40 hours before being shot with a rifle. | |
Johnny Rodrigues, the head of Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, told the BBC's Newsday programme that the lion had later been beheaded and skinned. | |
Mr Palmer was believed to have paid $50,000 (£32,000) to hunt a lion in Zimbabwe's largest game reserve. |