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Cecil the Lion and Yellow Bones – Team Bulawayo

The killing of Cecil the lion and the more recent death of a giant African elephant have put trophy hunting in Zimbabwe in the spotlight. Now conservation groups are working to balance the outrage the hunts create with the big money the hunts bring in. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta has the story.

Zimbabwe announced this week it would not charge a Minnesota dentist who hunted a popular lion. But the killing of Cecil the lion has brought worldwide attention to trophy hunting.

The killing of the iconic lion ‘Cecil’ in Zimbabwe last week sparked global outrage. But as Hayley Platt reports, it…

Zimbabwe’s Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri addresses press conference on the killing of Cecil the lion.

A conservation charity on Tuesday accused an American tourist of killing a much-loved Zimbabwean lion called “Cecil” on a hunt using a bow and arrow, adding that the animal had taken 40 hours to die.