Been thirty years since I lived in Africa but AFAIK.....
...had this not gone viral after being reported by outside "Conservation" organizations, an appropriate donation to the appropriate Zimbabwean officials would have made this all go away.
...eventually some significantly larger donations will make this all go away.
Big game hunting will continue unabated in Zimbabwe because of the profits accrued by the appropriate officials from the hefty fees charged.
It is hard to feel much sympathy for a guy previously convicted of de-facto poaching, but the unfortunate Dentist will have to relocate his practice and will suffer cyber-stalking by fanatics for at least some period of time. Probably he will have to open his practice under a different name.
I dunno what the outcome for the PH will be, loss of his livelihood as a PH seems likely.
By next week the media circus will have moved on.
The only lasting damage will be hard to measure; an enduring stain on the image of SCI, and on hunting and hunters in general among the clueless. Unfortunately there's a LOT of clueless out there and they don't like hunting anyway.
As for the lion; at the remarkably old age of thirteen Cecil was at the end of his run and would of course shortly have been killed by other lions or starved to death after being evicted as a pride male.
Birdwatcher
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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