week-4美醫師殺獅王

American Hunter Killed Cecil, Beloved Lion Who Was Lured Out of His Sanctuary

JULY 28, 2015

Cecil, a 13-year-old lion, wandered out of his sanctuary in a national park in Zimbabwe this month, following the scent of a potential snack. At the other end of Cecil’s search was a lure, placed there by hunters who, conservationists say, wanted their prey to cross into unprotected territory so they could kill him.

Cecil, well known to those who visited the Hwange National Park in western Zimbabwe for his jet-black mane, was beheaded, according to conservation officials. His corpse was left to rot in the sun.

Zimbabwean officials said that Dr. Walter J. Palmer, an American hunter known for killing big game with a bow and arrow, killed Cecil, and was being sought on poaching charges.

Johnny Rodrigues of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said Cecil was lured out of a protected game preserve one night in early July by a hunting party that tied a dead animal to a car.

The first shot, which the authorities say came from Dr. Palmer’s crossbow, was not enough to kill the lion. Cecil was tracked for nearly two days before Dr. Palmer killed him with a gun.

The details of the lion’s death have outraged nature enthusiasts and conservationists around the world who are troubled by wealthy big-game hunters who pay tens of thousands of dollars for licenses to kill protected animals for trophies and sport.

Hunting advocates and some conservationists argue that, if done responsibly, the selling of expensive licenses to big-game hunters can help pay for efforts to protect endangered species.

The group argued that a limited hunt helped thin the herd of weak rhinos so the population could grow, and that the $350,000 paid in 2014 by a reality show host to hunt the animal would help fund Namibia’s conservation efforts.

Structure of the Lead：

      WHO-  An American dentist 、 A male Southwest African lion

      WHEN- JULY 28, 2015

      WHAT-  An American dentist who killed the lion named Cecil in a brutal way

      WHY-  The dentist claimed that he just enjoyed his hobby and hunted in legally

      WHERE-  In the Hwange National Park in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe

      HOW- He lured the Cecil out of the sancuay and shot and wounded with an arrow . 

                   The lion was then skinned and his head was removed.

keywords 

1.sanctuary(n.) 避難所

2.lure(v.) 引誘

souce: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/world/africa/american-hunter-is-accused-of-killing-cecil-a-beloved-lion-in-zimbabwe.html