Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Cecil the Lion and Big Game Hunting
People are outraged that Walter Palmer, an American dentist, has killed Cecil the Lion while hunting in Zimbabwe. But big game trophy hunting by wealthy Americans has a long tradition—think Teddy Roosevelt or Ernest Hemingway. And hundreds of lions are killed every year in Africa on big game hunts.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPeople are outraged that Walter Palmer, an American dentist, has killed Cecil the Lion while hunting in Zimbabwe. But big game trophy hunting by wealthy Americans has a long tradition—think Teddy Roosevelt or Ernest Hemingway. And hundreds of lions are killed every year in Africa on big game hunts.
