Rage Over New Trophy Hunting Slaying Echoes Cecil the Lion
Outrage has erupted after a trophy hunter killed a lion named Blondie who was part of an Oxford University study after allegedly luring it out of a wildlife reserve. Africa Geographic, the safari company that sponsored Blondie’s tracking collar, claims that the 5-year-old male lion was coaxed with bait into a hunting area over a period of weeks in June. The company also posted a photo to Facebook that they say shows the hunter and his guides standing over the lion’s carcass.