#Repost @missfazura with @repostapp. ・・・ The pain is still unbearable. My heart is aching and I wish there was something we could do to prevent this from really happening. The murderer, Dr. Walter Palmer, who runs a dental practice in Minnesota and hunts big game in his spare time, is accused of illegally killing Cecil, a protected lion, in Zimbabwe on a $50,000 (£32,000) hunt. According to the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, Cecil was shot with a crossbow after he was lured out of the sanctuary, following the scent of food. Cecil, well known to those who visited Hwange National Park in western Zimbabwe for his jet black mane, was only injured by the arrow. The hunters tracked him for about two days before he was killed with a gun, conservation officials said. He was beheaded and skinned, his corpse left to rot. Trophy hunting, undertaken by wealthy hunters who pay tens of thousands of dollars for licenses to kill protected animals for trophies and sport must be stopped immediately and those killers must be prosecuted in court. #RIPCecil #CecilTheLion #StopAnimalPoaching #StopTrophyHunting #AnimalsMatter #CatLivesMatter #ProsecuteTheMurderers