Killing of Cecil's son highlights peril facing African lions

Friday, July 21, 2017 - 05:02 in Biology & Nature

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- First there was Cecil, a Zimbabwean lion whose 2015 killing by an American hunter ignited international outrage. Now Cecil's son Xanda has been killed in the same area, bringing fresh scrutiny on the "trophy" hunting of a species whose numbers in the wild have plummeted....

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