It first was reported that a "Spaniard" had killed the lion with a crossbow. It now appears an American dentist shot the lion with a compound bow.
It also was reported that the PH was arrested and jailed, but a letter posted on coueswhitetail.com today claims the letter writer is hunting with the PH as you read this.
It still is being reported that the lion was "lured" out of Hwange by driving around with a dead animal on a vehicle's bumper. The letter I just mentioned said the lion was shot off an elephant carcass 2.6 kms from the park's border.
A post on accuratereloading.com by a Zimbabwean claims few in his country knew anything about the "beloved" and "popular" Cecil the lion until the British press began reporting that it had been shot.
Sounds like business as usual in the world of journalism.
Bill Quimby
