Throw that son of a bitch who killed this lion and the one who wanted his head into a pack of lions. Unarmed of course. Give me some pop-corn and let the show begin! RIP King Cecil. You were a nature's creature. Humans are the reall animals!
Bryan my husband and I were in Hwange last September and saw Cecil and Jericho for 2 days and heard them outside our tents in Somalisa. I heard this yesterday and am devastated. We are trying to find out what can be done to stop this senseless hunting - greed and stupidity. This is a huge loss of a magnificent creature - but as you said so well - the bottom line for so many is a major loss as well. The parks and government should be whiplashed. This is beyond disgusting. Basically a Canned Hunt as this animal and his pride are very conditioned to humans. AND he was a collared lion being researched and tracked for years. He and Jericho are old lions who formed a pride - very rare indeed we learned. The person who did this is the biggest loser alive. I would like to see who it is and post his or her face all over the globe and thankfully social media will let us do that. We have footage of Cecil, Jericho and the girls and are so thankful. Don't know how his females can survive. How will Jericho survive. How does anyone pull their bow and shoot to kill something so beautiful. Disgusted in the U.S.
Sue Edelstein it was an American dentist www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/11767119/Cecil-the-lions-killer-revealed-as-American-dentist.html
***** Hunting isn't murder, that's just silly ad hominem. However, the killing of this lion was terrible and very unethical. The hunter in question is not a representative of the majority of hunters, he is a scumbag who cheated to kill a protected animal. First of all, this hunt did not employ any sort of fair chase standards. The animal was killed at night after chasing a bait that was dragged to lead him out of the park. The PH involved in this hunt did not have a permit, meaning this was an illegal hunt to begin with. So far, some of the people involved have been arrested and it is my hope the rest of them go down too. Make no mistake, hunters contribute more time and money to conservation efforts than people who claim, "hunting is murder."
***** I never understand why people can hunt for entertainment. "hunters contribute more time and money to conservation efforts" yet that does not justify their actions. Respect other lives. If you ain't starving, don't kill it for fun.
Redbird More ad hominem by anti-hunters. How much money have you given to conservation efforts this year? I can tell you I have given well over three grand alone in sales taxes for hunting gear, permits, and conservation range fees. 40% of all conservation funding is from hunters and hunting sales. 30% is from Federal funding. That means 30% is from donations, which can be from both hunters and non-hunters. But the reality is, almost half of the money given to conservation efforts is paid by hunters.
Housewife that bakes cakes Want a more clear term? You're a racist. A racist piece of shit lowlife. How's that? Your hatred towards the white race is petty and idiotic.
+Steadystrike He was a protected lion. He was enticed out of the the protected area by dragging raw meat behind a truck. Obviously Cecil followed them and then was killed off of the reserve. The guide was money hungry since he knew Cecil was a protected Lion. That is why they lured him out of the protected area,
Just look how calmly he walks by... He wasn't harming anybody! The man who killed Cecil isn't gonna last long. You FK with one lion, you FK with them all! Rest In Paradise Cecil the beautiful. 🙏❤️
Never understood hunting for sport. Killing something just to say you killed it. Then you hire guides to locate the animal set up the shot and you pull the trigger. Kinda takes the hunting aspect out of it. Just sayin.
UAV marky If someone didn't pay $ to kill him. Someone may have paid with their life to be cut out of him after he ate them.I say It is a great deed for anyone to kill any dangerous animal. And the African people are some of the poorest people in the world the $ paid for a hunt may feed some starving people or save a human from the jaws of a beast. So big game hunting is a win, win for everyone.
The killer has been outed: "Authorities in Zimbabwe say Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minneapolis, paid a $55,000 (£35,000) bribe to wildlife guides to allow him to shoot the lion, named Cecil, with a crossbow." And this is from a FB friend: "He owns River Bluff Dental Surgery, 10851 Rhode Island Ave S, Bloomington, Minnesota. His telephone is 1 952 884 5361."
May the hunter that killed his Lion, and all that support or participate in endangered animal trophy hunting, suffer immensely before dying a horrible death.
Bryan...thank you so much for sharing. Cecil will live on through many many hearts and I can only hope the killers will be served due punishment. God be with Cecil. He was beautiful!
Magerikk THIS is not hunting its POACHING! Hunting IS necessary a necessary evil but still necessary in terms of conservation. a REAL hunter kills for food and for conservation/population control in human populated areas so that the rest of the animals may flourish in the area without causing accidents with humans i.e too many deer in an area and they over eat the grass and undergrowth then wander out and get hit by cars or too many bears in one area and they have to expand their territory in order to avoid other bears and end up encroaching on human properties then someone gets hurt because the bear finds out that left over spaghetti is better than searching the woods for berries and squirrel
Magerikk I know this isn't the right place for this, but literally the main objective in WoW is to kill things. Not saying I condone it in the real world by any means, but lets just say I giggled when saw your comment and read the first sentence :D
Magerikk There's nothing wrong with hunting in the very least. Over hunting is bad for the environment, and under hunting is even worse for the environment. Take the white tail deer in New York State for instance. They have no real predators like wolves and the state is pretty heavy handed with gun laws and hunting which leads to over population. Therefore the leading the cause for many cars getting totaled and high insurance are deer. Not to mention the damage they do to crops and property. We caused this by over hunting wolves.
RIP Cecil. Your death is such a tragedy - hopefully it brings this issue to the forefront and we put an end to this trophy hunting BS once and for all!
what a tragedy that we cannot see what we are doing to not only our environment but all the beautiful creatures in it...and for what? Money? Sickening!
Hello, May I get your permission to use part of this video in a documentary show, which will be about people and wild animals? It will be broadcasted on a television channel in Korea.
Descansa en paz !! Cecil hermoso felino !! Ahí nadie te va a molestar !! Indignacion cuando veo esto !! Palmer tenes que pagar por esto !! Y acá en la tierra !! En este mundo .!! Ojalá nadie más vaya a tu consultorio !! Ni se deje tocar por vos !! MALA GENTE SOS !!!
Trophy hunters should be subjected to their own methods. BRB when I've invented a way to create a portal into another dimension where there are creatures that'd be interested in hunting humans for trophies.
A lot of things come to mind watching this majestic beast. Awe for his beauty, fear and respect of his scale and might, curiosity about his history and his life, wonderment at what his experience of the world around him must be, and love for him as a member of our community of life. What doesn't come to mind is the thought of killing him for sport or trophy. Does the coward dentist see the Sistine Chapel's ceiling and wish to fingerpaint over it? I simply cannot understand such men. The blood of Cecil and his cubs is on the coward's hands.
can someone tell me what so special about this cecil the lion never heard till aweek after he died can someone explain to me please i really want to know
how is this even legal?! Shame on African authorities to allow such atrocities and that too for money. Some rich guy should get a permit to hunt Palmer the asshole, that would be money well spent.
This magnificent beast should not be dead! He was a proud lion who thought he was protected and loved being admired by humans, as one can see here. I have no doubt that Walter Palmer paid his big money to kill Cecil!
Right now LBC radio in the UK is discussing why people overwhelmingly care passionately for a lion, in this case we have a name, Cecil, and not for the Samalian who died yesterday in the Channel Tunel whilst trying to illegally enter from France to the UK. My immediate reaction is that these magnificent animals are becoming extinct! The Samalians, mostly economic migrants, now a few thousand are not, sorry for this view or feeling but these people are causing so much havoc in France and the UK!! Cecil's Cubs apparently are in great danger of being killed by a male lion of which there are 6? all due to blood line. This bloody American dentist who has a home in the U.S. has it filled with loads of stuffed animals he's killed before Cecil so I hope he suffers badly for what he's done!
The incident is not Palmer’s first brush with authorities. In 2008, he pleaded guilty in federal court in Wisconsin to misleading a federal agent in connection with the hunting of a black bear. Two years earlier, Palmer had killed a bear near Phillips, in Price County. That location was 40 miles outside of the zone where he held a permit to hunt bear. Palmer and others transported the bear carcass to a registration station inside the allowed hunting zone, according to court documents, and at the station, he falsely certified that the bear had been killed in the legal zone. Facing a maximum penalty of five years in prison, Palmer was sentenced to one year’s probation and fined nearly $3,000. In the spring of 2003, Palmer was convicted in Otter Tail County in western Minnesota and paid a small fine for fishing without a license, a misdemeanor. And in 2009, Palmer agreed to a settlement with the Minnesota Board of Dentistry over allegations that he sexually harassed a receptionist. She alleged that Palmer made comments about her breasts, buttocks and genitalia. Without admitting guilt, Palmer settled and paid $127,500 to the woman, who also was his patient. The settlement included references to his bear-hunting conviction and “substandard record keeping.”
The man that killed Cecil is an American dentist from Minnesota!! How could he kill this beautiful boy with a bow and arrow?? Cecil suffered for 40 hours before he was shot to finish him off. So sad!! What a waste of a beautiful creature.
While I do support hunting of regulated overpopulated/plentiful species It is truly sad to hear about hunters clearly disregarding conservation and hunting declining/endangered populations of animals is a truly abysmal act of humanity. Sadly money talks. I am troubled to have grown up only a town away from the hunter. Things like this happen all the time. Glad at least one case of this is being publicized
Rest in Peace Sweet prince
R.I.P Cecil.... trophy hunting should be illegal.
This is so sad. Cecil was a beautiful Lion. I can't believe they used suck trickery to lure him out and kill him. It breaks my heart. :(
RIP dear King....I wanted to cry
Throw that son of a bitch who killed this lion and the one who wanted his head into a pack of lions. Unarmed of course.
Give me some pop-corn and let the show begin!
RIP King Cecil. You were a nature's creature. Humans are the reall animals!
AntilogosKLMT I just posted the killer's info above:)
AntilogosKLMT
Sally Kratzer why did they do that.
AntilogosKLMT Well said..
Money
Bryan my husband and I were in Hwange last September and saw Cecil and Jericho for 2 days and heard them outside our tents in Somalisa. I heard this yesterday and am devastated. We are trying to find out what can be done to stop this senseless hunting - greed and stupidity. This is a huge loss of a magnificent creature - but as you said so well - the bottom line for so many is a major loss as well. The parks and government should be whiplashed. This is beyond disgusting. Basically a Canned Hunt as this animal and his pride are very conditioned to humans. AND he was a collared lion being researched and tracked for years. He and Jericho are old lions who formed a pride - very rare indeed we learned.
The person who did this is the biggest loser alive. I would like to see who it is and post his or her face all over the globe and thankfully social media will let us do that. We have footage of Cecil, Jericho and the girls and are so thankful. Don't know how his females can survive. How will Jericho survive. How does anyone pull their bow and shoot to kill something so beautiful. Disgusted in the U.S.
Sue Edelstein It was a Spanish hunter
Sue Edelstein SPANISH
Sue Edelstein This aberration of a human must be shot down
Sue Edelstein it was an American dentist www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/11767119/Cecil-the-lions-killer-revealed-as-American-dentist.html
***** www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/11767119/Cecil-the-lions-killer-revealed-as-American-dentist.html
I want the heads of the hunters on my wall
Remembering Cecil 5 years later! R.I.P. 🧡😔
rest in peace your majesty! my throat is so tight with hurt and anger it hurts!!!
I am sickened that hunters killed this magnificent lion or any other animals. Hunting is murder.
***** Hunting isn't murder, that's just silly ad hominem. However, the killing of this lion was terrible and very unethical. The hunter in question is not a representative of the majority of hunters, he is a scumbag who cheated to kill a protected animal. First of all, this hunt did not employ any sort of fair chase standards. The animal was killed at night after chasing a bait that was dragged to lead him out of the park. The PH involved in this hunt did not have a permit, meaning this was an illegal hunt to begin with. So far, some of the people involved have been arrested and it is my hope the rest of them go down too.
Make no mistake, hunters contribute more time and money to conservation efforts than people who claim, "hunting is murder."
BC GOTKILLZ fuck you too piece of shit.
***** I never understand why people can hunt for entertainment. "hunters contribute more time and money to conservation efforts" yet that does not justify their actions. Respect other lives. If you ain't starving, don't kill it for fun.
S.W. Smith More time and money to conservation?! That's the biggest lie and claim to fame of the hunting community.
Redbird More ad hominem by anti-hunters. How much money have you given to conservation efforts this year? I can tell you I have given well over three grand alone in sales taxes for hunting gear, permits, and conservation range fees.
40% of all conservation funding is from hunters and hunting sales. 30% is from Federal funding. That means 30% is from donations, which can be from both hunters and non-hunters. But the reality is, almost half of the money given to conservation efforts is paid by hunters.
Poor baby, Rip.
He look so docile. Why would anybody want to kill the poor lion?
Steadystrike some people are just evil & twisted & they should be hunted & killed just like the poor lion who did nothing to them !!!
Housewife that bakes cakes
Want a more clear term? You're a racist. A racist piece of shit lowlife. How's that? Your hatred towards the white race is petty and idiotic.
+Steadystrike He was a protected lion. He was enticed out of the the protected area by dragging raw meat behind a truck. Obviously Cecil followed them and then was killed off of the reserve. The guide was money hungry since he knew Cecil was a protected Lion. That is why they lured him out of the protected area,
Rip beautiful 🙏 Cecil was such an amazing creature. He will always be remembered as a King 💕😪
Just look how calmly he walks by... He wasn't harming anybody! The man who killed Cecil isn't gonna last long. You FK with one lion, you FK with them all! Rest In Paradise Cecil the beautiful. 🙏❤️
Wow, Cecil was a beauty. Palmer, you're a coward! Paying $55,000 just to hunt down this harmless lion.
Never understood hunting for sport. Killing something just to say you killed it. Then you hire guides to locate the animal set up the shot and you pull the trigger. Kinda takes the hunting aspect out of it. Just sayin.
Richard Snyder How about paying to kill something...like shooting fish an a barrel. Sadistic fuck!
mrb244 100% right on the money this sick idiot payed to do this & he wanted its head on his wall !!
UAV marky If someone didn't pay $ to kill him. Someone may have paid with their life to be cut out of him after he ate them.I say It is a great deed for anyone to kill any dangerous animal. And the African people are some of the poorest people in the world the $ paid for a hunt may feed some starving people or save a human from the jaws of a beast. So big game hunting is a win, win for everyone.
Well said
No one pulled a trigger.
Two arrows. Slow death.
Palmer will rot in hell.
Cecil, you are a god, your death will be remembered by millions as a symbol of human decadence and wickedness. Rest in peace, big boy.
The killer has been outed: "Authorities in Zimbabwe say Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minneapolis, paid a $55,000 (£35,000) bribe to wildlife guides to allow him to shoot the lion, named Cecil, with a crossbow." And this is from a FB friend: "He owns River Bluff Dental Surgery, 10851 Rhode Island Ave S, Bloomington, Minnesota. His telephone is 1 952 884 5361."
R.I.P. Cecil, you beautiful animal.
Whst a handsome boy.....CECIL MAY THE LORD AND ALL HIS POWER PROTECT YOU FROM ANY HARM ....LOTS OF LOVE AND HUGS....,
such a shame somebody had to have him as a trophy. They are more beautiful in the wild than on some assholes wall.
May the hunter that killed his Lion, and all that support or participate in endangered animal trophy hunting, suffer immensely before dying a horrible death.
That lion is so beautiful !
Bryan, Thank you for sharing these beautifully recorded memories of this magnificent creature. #JusticeForCecil and his young
Here, king, you dropped this 👑
So beautiful, so glorious. You will be missed, Cecil.
The King !! RIP
Tears. R.I.P you handsome guy you... so kingly and magnificent.
why do cats always look sleepy? LOL
anyway, this is such a beautiful kitty.
Wow...huge head Cecil is so handsome and tute I can just squeeze him n hug him...R.I.H🐅👑
y heart hurts so much, What a gorgeous animal Cecil was.
RIP Cecil.
what kind of person could see fit to destroy such absolute, unadulterated beauty for his own selfishness? so sad.
Bryan...thank you so much for sharing. Cecil will live on through many many hearts and I can only hope the killers will be served due punishment. God be with Cecil. He was beautiful!
I offer 30 cents for who ever brings me the head of the fuckin trophy killer.
Hunting is so unnecessary and violent. Humans are the real danger, NOT animals! What was he thinking?! Son of a bitch..
Magerikk THIS is not hunting its POACHING! Hunting IS necessary a necessary evil but still necessary in terms of conservation. a REAL hunter kills for food and for conservation/population control in human populated areas so that the rest of the animals may flourish in the area without causing accidents with humans i.e too many deer in an area and they over eat the grass and undergrowth then wander out and get hit by cars or too many bears in one area and they have to expand their territory in order to avoid other bears and end up encroaching on human properties then someone gets hurt because the bear finds out that left over spaghetti is better than searching the woods for berries and squirrel
Magerikk I know this isn't the right place for this, but literally the main objective in WoW is to kill things. Not saying I condone it in the real world by any means, but lets just say I giggled when saw your comment and read the first sentence :D
Magerikk There's nothing wrong with hunting in the very least. Over hunting is bad for the environment, and under hunting is even worse for the environment. Take the white tail deer in New York State for instance. They have no real predators like wolves and the state is pretty heavy handed with gun laws and hunting which leads to over population. Therefore the leading the cause for many cars getting totaled and high insurance are deer. Not to mention the damage they do to crops and property. We caused this by over hunting wolves.
Calm, beautiful, peaceful animal.
Beautiful Cecil. RIP. :'(
Awww I like how he just calmly walks by looking into the camera R.I.P Cecil
He's beautiful
Como alguém pode tirar a vida de um ser tão magnífico como esse?
I imagine the people unliking this video, unliked it because Cecil is gone. :-(
RIP Cecil. We are all so Sorry...
R.I.P your Majesty. To bad you had to experience the true Evil and selfishness of this world!!!
I hope the dentist who killed this lion rots in an African prison. Boycott this man's business.
From my species to yours Cecil, I apologize so very deeply and sorrowfully. I am so sorry for your suffering and the suffering of your kingdom.
Cecil..."King of the Beasts" You will always be remembered.
R.I.P
Who could kill such a majestic animal!
OMG DADDY. RIP
RIP Old Boy :'(
How can people killed this beautiful thing
😖😖😖😖
Que descanse en paz, que hermoso era.
RIP Cecil. Your death is such a tragedy - hopefully it brings this issue to the forefront and we put an end to this trophy hunting BS once and for all!
Beautiful lion
RIP Cecil
What a beautiful, majestic lion Cecil was. I am still angry with Walter Palmer, the dentist who killed him.
what a tragedy that we cannot see what we are doing to not only our environment but all the beautiful creatures in it...and for what? Money? Sickening!
_Cameraman_ :
- Cecil, the lion
_Lion_ :
- Humans, the canned food
~~ ღ RIP KING Cecil ღ ~~
Hello, May I get your permission to use part of this video in a documentary show, which will be about people and wild animals? It will be broadcasted on a television channel in Korea.
Miss you Cecil...😞💗
r.i.p .. u was so beatiful ..
R.I.P Cecil 💔💔💔💔💔💔
Descansa en paz !! Cecil hermoso felino !! Ahí nadie te va a molestar !! Indignacion cuando veo esto !! Palmer tenes que pagar por esto !! Y acá en la tierra !! En este mundo .!! Ojalá nadie más vaya a tu consultorio !! Ni se deje tocar por vos !! MALA GENTE SOS !!!
Trophy hunters should be subjected to their own methods. BRB when I've invented a way to create a portal into another dimension where there are creatures that'd be interested in hunting humans for trophies.
RIP Cecil :(
R.I.P.
He looks like a real-life version of Mufasa. He has a bulky build and a square jaw.
A lot of things come to mind watching this majestic beast. Awe for his beauty, fear and respect of his scale and might, curiosity about his history and his life, wonderment at what his experience of the world around him must be, and love for him as a member of our community of life.
What doesn't come to mind is the thought of killing him for sport or trophy. Does the coward dentist see the Sistine Chapel's ceiling and wish to fingerpaint over it? I simply cannot understand such men.
The blood of Cecil and his cubs is on the coward's hands.
beautiful animal. R.I.P. Cecil.
What a magnificent animal, to have fallen to inhuman hunter!
Gun crazy America!
Satyajit Sahu Actually, he was in Africa, dipshit.
***** The hunter is American, dipshit.
R.I.P. :'-(
I shot this beautiful animal with my gun. I'm a REAL man now. - Walter Palmer, Dentist
Sad story.
Rip dude
Look his face.....
He has so many things in his mind
Poor king🥲🥺
Betrayal by humans🥲
Rip Cecil
Too bad I don't live in US. I'd love to pay a visit to that dentist and show him a special magic trick. I'm NOT joking.
Such a beautiful lion. I pray the hunter who shot you and got you to suffer would get a worse treatment and die a slow painful death.
can someone tell me what so special about this cecil the lion never heard till aweek after he died can someone explain to me please i really want to know
Sad thing is that Cecil got killed a month after this video was posted
Rest in peace cecil
"praise to the King"
how is this even legal?! Shame on African authorities to allow such atrocities and that too for money.
Some rich guy should get a permit to hunt Palmer the asshole, that would be money well spent.
rest in peace you beautiful creature
#RIPCECIL
R.I.P King Cecil
So glad to know that there is a hell
So sad and makes me even more sad knowing Cecil had six cubs who will now be killed by the next lion who takes over the pride
God rest his soul.
RIP
This magnificent beast should not be dead! He was a proud lion who thought he was protected and loved being admired by humans, as one can see here. I have no doubt that Walter Palmer paid his big money to kill Cecil!
Rip Cecil 😢
Right now LBC radio in the UK is discussing why people overwhelmingly care passionately for a lion, in this case we have a name, Cecil, and not for the Samalian who died yesterday in the Channel Tunel whilst trying to illegally enter from France to the UK. My immediate reaction is that these magnificent animals are becoming extinct! The Samalians, mostly economic migrants, now a few thousand are not, sorry for this view or feeling but these people are causing so much havoc in France and the UK!! Cecil's Cubs apparently are in great danger of being killed by a male lion of which there are 6? all due to blood line. This bloody American dentist who has a home in the U.S. has it filled with loads of stuffed animals he's killed before Cecil so I hope he suffers badly for what he's done!
I am saddened that anyone would do this. This is criminal!
The incident is not Palmer’s first brush with authorities.
In 2008, he pleaded guilty in federal court in Wisconsin to misleading a federal agent in connection with the hunting of a black bear. Two years earlier, Palmer had killed a bear near Phillips, in Price County. That location was 40 miles outside of the zone where he held a permit to hunt bear.
Palmer and others transported the bear carcass to a registration station inside the allowed hunting zone, according to court documents, and at the station, he falsely certified that the bear had been killed in the legal zone. Facing a maximum penalty of five years in prison, Palmer was sentenced to one year’s probation and fined nearly $3,000.
In the spring of 2003, Palmer was convicted in Otter Tail County in western Minnesota and paid a small fine for fishing without a license, a misdemeanor.
And in 2009, Palmer agreed to a settlement with the Minnesota Board of Dentistry over allegations that he sexually harassed a receptionist. She alleged that Palmer made comments about her breasts, buttocks and genitalia.
Without admitting guilt, Palmer settled and paid $127,500 to the woman, who also was his patient.
The settlement included references to his bear-hunting conviction and “substandard record keeping.”
cry...
rip
Quel bel exploit, au vu du comportement de cet animal !!!! On ne se demande plus quel est le fauve sur cette planète !!! pas glop
The man that killed Cecil is an American dentist from Minnesota!! How could he kill this beautiful boy with a bow and arrow?? Cecil suffered for 40 hours before he was shot to finish him off. So sad!! What a waste of a beautiful creature.
This is Real King of the jungle.
While I do support hunting of regulated overpopulated/plentiful species It is truly sad to hear about hunters clearly disregarding conservation and hunting declining/endangered populations of animals is a truly abysmal act of humanity. Sadly money talks. I am troubled to have grown up only a town away from the hunter. Things like this happen all the time. Glad at least one case of this is being publicized