{"id":804,"date":"2015-07-31T18:12:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T22:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/horrible-tragedy-happened-to-a-beloved-lion\/"},"modified":"2015-09-15T18:05:23","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T22:05:23","slug":"horrible-tragedy-happened-to-a-beloved-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/horrible-tragedy-happened-to-a-beloved-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"Horrible Tragedy happened to a beloved Lion.."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Minnesota Dentist came to quickly\u00a0realize\u00a0what he had done after killing a lion that was\u00a0treasured by locals<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a
href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1LEkYNb\" target=\"_blank\">According to the Zimbabwe Conservation task force<\/a>, during the nighttime hunt, the <strong>Zimbabwean men tied a dead animal to their car to draw the lion out of a national park.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img
decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 386px; width: 600px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==\" data-lazy-original=\"https:\/\/s17-us2.ixquick.com\/cgi-bin\/serveimage?url=http:%2F%2Fc1.thejournal.ie%2Fmedia%2F2015%2F07%2Fzimbabwe-lion-killed-2.jpg&amp;sp=d657ee960994415820afc2f91c0a24e1\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img
decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 386px; width: 600px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s17-us2.ixquick.com\/cgi-bin\/serveimage?url=http:%2F%2Fc1.thejournal.ie%2Fmedia%2F2015%2F07%2Fzimbabwe-lion-killed-2.jpg&amp;sp=d657ee960994415820afc2f91c0a24e1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><em>Using bait to lure the lion is deemed unethical by the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe, of which Bronkhorst is a member. The association has since revoked his license.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cecil was being studied by an Oxford University research program. This Lion was protected in a National Park but the dentist paid $50,000 to lure him out of the park, and illegally killed him<\/p>\n<p>Palmer, 55, wrote about the situation in a note to his patients. &#8220;I understand and respect that not everyone shares the same views on hunting,&#8221; he wrote in the letter, which added that he would &#8220;resume normal operations as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Social media were filled with condemnation of the killing and on Twitter, the hashtag cecilthelion was in wide use.<br
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