Cecil the Lion, a star attraction at the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, was controversially killed by a Minnesota dentist in early July. Here’s a look at Cecil, and why he was such a favorite.

In a tragedy that made international headlines, Cecil the lion, a 13-year-old pride leader described as the “biggest tourist attraction” of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, was killed by American ...

The Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the lion has returned to work amid a global backlash. Protesters flooded the scene with pickets and demonstrations as Walter Palmer made his way into his office.

Two years after Cecil the lion was killed by a trophy-hunter in Zimbabwe, prompting global outrage, his son has met a similar sad end. Xanda, a six-year-old lion with several young cubs ...

The Minnesota dentist whose reported killing of Cecil the lion fueled a global backlash, emerged Sunday for an interview in which he disputed some accounts of the hunt. Video courtesy of ...

Campaigners pile pressure on the Government to deliver on their manifesto commitment to finally end the import of cruel ...

Cecil the lion lived wild and free on the plains of Africa. He was head of two prides, protector of his families and the king of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. But in July 2015, Cecil was callously ...

Cecil, the magnificent male lion killed in Zimbabwe last July by Minnesota dentist and big-game hunter Walter Palmer, Of the 719 lions whose parts were imported to the U.S. in 2014, 620 came from ...