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Cecil the Lion
August 14, 2018
Emily Atkin
A New Golden Age for Trophy Hunters
Trump once called the practice a "horror show." But his Interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, keeps doing favors for big-game killers.
December 21, 2015
Emma Foehringer Merchant
New protections will prevent Minnesotan dentists from trophy hunting most African lions.
July 30, 2015
Steven Cohen
Angry About Cecil the Lion’s Death? Take It Out on the Republican Congress.
The GOP is waging a war on the Endangered Species Act, and on the agency charged with enforcing it
July 29, 2015
Brian Beutler
Cecil the Lion Has Nothing to Do With Your Politics

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