Cecil the Lion's Son Xanda Also Killed by Trophy Hunter - The 6-yr-old lion was shot near where his famous father was murdered in Zimbabwe.

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Two years to the month after Cecil the Lion was killed in a controversial hunt in Zimbabwe, one of his sons has also been shot and killed in a legal trophy hunt, ringing similarities to the death of his father.

The six-year-old lion cub, Xanda, was shot by a trophy hunter outside of the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe-close to the area where Cecil was killed with a bow and arrow in 2015-the Telegraph first reported.

Although it's uncertain whether Xanda was an alpha male, Dollar said the lion's death could be even more tragic for his pride if he was-other lions could die if a new alpha male tried to take over.

Cecil the lion's killing on July 1, 2015 in Zimbabwe sparked intense international outrage-what many call the biggest response to a wildlife story in history.

A well-known lion that was part of a groundbreaking study led by Oxford University, Cecil was shot by Minnesota dentist Walter James Palmer, then 55.

Palmer is said to have paid $54,000 to bow-hunt Cecil, a magnificent, black-maned, 13-year-old lion who lived in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park and was well known to visitors.

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