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The killing of Cecil the lion ( c. 2002 – 1 July 2015) caused global outrage and I was personally extremely upset and angry. Cecil was a male Southwest African lion (Panthera leo bleyenberghi) he lived primarily in the Hwange National Park in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. He was lured out of the safety of the park, maimed then tracked for approximately 40 hours until the American dentist Palmer caught up with him and killed him. I decided to paint a portrait of Cecil as a tribute and donated this to the Born Free Foundation so they could raise money through an auction and...