A tourist guide has been killed in the same park that Cecil the lion once lived.
Quinn Swales was conducting a safari trek with six foreign tourists in Zimbabwe’s Hwange park when he was attacked by a male lion wearing a GPS collar. The guide had decided to follow a pride of lions when he was attacked.
The lion, named Nxaha jumped out at Mr Swales, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZPWMA) said.
It was not immediately clear whether Mr Swales was armed. None of the tourists was injured. No decision has yet been made as to whether or not the lion should be shot dead.
Last month’s killing of Cecil, a 13-year-old rare black-maned lion, by American hunter Walter Palmer was met with global outrage.