One of Cecil the lion's researchers speaks out about how the beloved animal was lured off of protected land by hunters and killed Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

A 13-year-old male lion named Cecil was pursued and brutally killed by a dentist from Minnesota along with two Zimbabwean men on a trophy hunt. Cecil lived in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe and ...

The Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the lion has returned to work amid a global backlash. Protesters flooded the scene with pickets and demonstrations as Walter Palmer made his way into his office.

RELATED: The Death of Cecil the Lion: A Shameful Waste, but Not a Global Tragedy How the new listing will affect overall lion populations remains to be seen. But one thing is certain: It will ...

The hunter said to have lured a beloved lion named Cecil out of Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, to be shot and killed as a trophy, has been identified by authorities as Walter James Palmer ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Xanda the son of Cecil the Lion, is seen with two lionesses at Hwange National Park ...

Cecil was the leading attraction of the national park in Hwange, Zimbabwe, until the 13-year-old lion suffered a grisly death at the hands of hunters earlier this month, according to a report by ...