| LC control no. | no2015101250 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cecil (Lion), approximately 2002-2015 |
| Associated country | Zimbabwe |
| Located | Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe) Matabeleland North Province (Zimbabwe) |
| Birth date | 2002~ |
| Death date | 2015-07-01 |
| Place of birth | Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe) |
| Place of death | Hwange District (Zimbabwe) |
| Found in | Cecil: Zimbabwe's majestic lion remembered, July 29, 2015, via Yahoo! news website, viewed July 31, 2015 (Cecil the lion was famous among the thousands of annual visitors to Zimbabwe's top game reserve; born in Hwange National Park in northwestern Zimbabwe about 13 years ago; killed earlier this month by an American trophy hunter) Zimbabwe's 'iconic' lion Cecil killed by hunter, 27 July 2015, via BBC News website, viewed July 31, 2015 (A hunter paid a $55,000 (£35,000) bribe to wildlife guides to kill an "iconic" lion in Zimbabwe; the lion, named Cecil, was shot with a crossbow and rifle, before being beheaded and skinned; the 13-year-old lion was a major tourist attraction at Zimbabwe's famous Hwange National Park) Cecil the lion's killer is not alone, July 28, 2015, via Los Angeles times website, viewed July 31, 2015 (Cecil, a well-known lion with a distinctive black mane, was reportedly killed July 1 by crossbow just outside Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park) Wikipedia, July 31, 2015 (Cecil (lion); Cecil was a male African lion who primarily lived in the Hwange National Park in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe; on 1 July 2015, he was shot and killed after Walter Palmer, an American recreational big-game hunter, had wounded him with an arrow two days earlier; born c. 2002; died 1 July 2015, Hwange District, Zimbabwe) |
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