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  • Article
  • Open Access
119 Citations
30,444 Views
13 Pages

Cecil: A Moment or a Movement? Analysis of Media Coverage of the Death of a Lion, Panthera leo

  • David W. Macdonald,
  • Kim S. Jacobsen,
  • Dawn Burnham,
  • Paul J. Johnson and
  • Andrew J. Loveridge

25 April 2016

The killing of a satellite-tagged male lion by a trophy hunter in Zimbabwe in July 2015 provoked an unprecedented media reaction. We analyse the global media response to the trophy hunting of the lion, nicknamed “Cecil”, a study animal in a long-term...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
25 Citations
14,930 Views
8 Pages

A Cultural Conscience for Conservation

  • Caroline Good,
  • Dawn Burnham and
  • David W. Macdonald

20 July 2017

On 2 July 2015, the killing of a lion nicknamed “Cecil” prompted the largest global reaction in the history of wildlife conservation. In response to this, it is propitious to consider the ways in which this moment can be developed into a financial mo...