Below: On August 15, 2015, ABC News (US) ran a detailed report on the circumstances surrounding the killing of Cecil the lion and on illegal hunting conducted by Walter Palmer within the United States.
Below: On August 5, 2015, Test Tube News ran a report outlining the circumstances surrounding the death of Cecil and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of trophy hunting.
Below: On August 6, 2015, Al Jazeera News ran a 34 minutes discussion program following the death of Cecil the lion examining the arguments for and against trophy hunting.
Below: On July 28, 2015, Sky News telecast an interview with Johnny Rodrigues, Chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, in which he explains how Cecil the lion was killed.
Below:On March 24, 2013, a trailer was released for 'Trophy hunting with Namatubis Safaris'. This is this is the second film in the Hunting Travel Series by Mikael Tham. The purpose of the film is to promote trophy hunting safaris.
Web links, documents
On October 27, 2015, The New York Post published an article titled, 'It's not just Cecil - lions are vanishing all over Africa.'
The article looks at the diminishing number of lions across Africa and suggests reasons for this development.
The full text of the article can be read at http://nypost.com/2015/10/27/its-not-just-cecil-lions-are-vanishing-all-over-west-africa/
On October 12, 2015, The New York Times published a report titled, 'Dentist who killed Cecil the lion probed for illegal hunting again.'
The full text of the article can be accessed at http://nypost.com/tag/cecil-the-lion/
On October5, 2015, the conservation site, The Dodo, published a comment by Ameena Schelling titled, 'Hunters Say Trophy Hunting Helps Animals. Here's Why They're Wrong.'
Schelling examines a number of the commonly presented arguments in favour of safari hunting and attempts to demonstrate that each is in error.
The full text can be accessed at https://www.thedodo.com/does-hunting-help-conservation-1389284014.html
On September 18, 2015, The Zimbabwe Daily News published a comment titled 'The hidden consequences of hunting Africa's lions.' The report examines recent research that suggests that a number of the claims made for the benefits that trophy hunting provide are in error.
The full text of the report can be accessed at http://www.zimbabwesituation.org/?p=45926
August 7, 2015, The Conversation published a comment by Professor Melville Saayman titled 'Why a ban on hunting in Botswana isn't the answer to challenges facing the country'
The report argues that conservation issues in Africa are complex and that simply placing a ban on trophy hunting going to supply a solution.
The full text of the opinion piece can be found at https://theconversation.com/why-a-ban-on-hunting-in-botswana-isnt-the-answer-to-challenges-facing-the-country-44793
On August 7, 2015, The Wall Street Journal published a report titled 'Human-Population Boom Remains Largest Threat to Africa's Lions in Wake of Cecil's Killing'
The report argues that the pressure of human population growth and competition for resources remain a far greater threat to lions' survival than trophy hunting.
The full text of this report can be accessed at http://www.wsj.com/articles/africas-growing-population-imperils-its-lions-1438939803
On August 3, 2015, Think Progress published a report by Beenish Ahmed titled 'The Economic case against trophy hunting'.
The report details the harm doner by trophy hunting and challenges the claims made for the advantages the practice is supposed to bring to African communities.
The full text of the report can be accessed at http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/08/03/3687425/trophy-hunting/
National Geographic
On July 28, 2015 National Geographic published a report titled 'Killing of Cecil the Lion Sparks Debate Over Trophy Hunts'.
The report details the worldwide reaction to the death of Cecil the lion and details some of the arguments and proposals that have been put.
The full text of the report casn be accessed at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/150728-cecil-lion-killing-trophy-hunting-conservation-animals/
SCI First for Hunters has published a report titled 'The Benefits of Hunting'
The report outlines a range of supposed benefits, from benefits to the African communities through to benefits to the species being hunted.
The full text of this report can be accessed at http://www.scidownunder.org/files/Benefits%20of%20hunting%20in%20Africa.pdf
