Come down hard on poachers

The killing of one of the country’s iconic and most-studied lions, Cecil, has stoked international debate over a growing trend in trophy hunting of threatened animal species.

Rightly so given the ghastly killing is a sad development for Zimbabwe’s tourism industry which is anchored by the wildlife industry. It is an undeniable fact that African lions are probably the single greatest wildlife drawcard in Zimbabwe.

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