Cecil: A moment or a movement? Analysis of media coverage of the death of a lion, Panthera leo

The killing of a satellite-tagged male lion by a trophy hunter in Zimbabwe in July 2015 provoked an unprecedented media reaction. We analyse the global media response to the trophy hunting of the lion, nicknamed “Cecil”, a study animal in a long-term project run by Oxford University’s Wildlife Conse...

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Main Authors: Macdonald, D, Jacobsen, K, Burnham, D, Johnson, P, Loveridge, A
Format: Journal article
Published: MDPI 2016