I agree with your post, yet I don’t believe Cecil was a *normal* lion. From the first reports, he was described as an *attraction* at the reserve. Any wild animal that is an attraction has been allowed to get used to/close to humans. Cha-ching. He was a revenue stream for the preserve. I said so, the first day.
From reports, all the guides and license fees were above board. They trailed the animal until it was put down. Anyone ethical who hunts will tell stories of how they had to track an animal that didn’t come down in a clean kill.
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