Zimbabwe lion kills tourist guide in Cecil's park

25 August 2015 - 17:09
By REUTERS

A Zimbabwean tourist guide was killed on Tuesday by a lion in a pride he was tracking with tourists in Hwange National Park, the home of the country's most prized lion Cecil, who was killed last month, the park said. Last month's killing of Cecil, a 13-year-old, rare black-maned lion by American hunter Walter Palmer, was met with global outrage and triggered a backlash against Africa's lucrative hunting industry.

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