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Mugabe: Protect Zimbabwe’s natural
resources from foreign "vandals" who try to illegally acquire those
resources
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Zimbabwean President
Robert Mugabe says his compatriots failed in their responsibility to protect a
popular lion named Cecil that was killed by an American in an allegedly illegal
hunt. In
his first public comments about the lion, Mugabe said Monday that Zimbabweans
should protect their natural resources from foreign "vandals" who try
to illegally acquire those resources.
Referring
to Cecil, Mugabe said: "He is dead but yours to protect, and you failed to
protect him."
Mugabe
made the comments in a speech marking a national holiday honoring fighters who
died in the war to end white minority rule.
A
Zimbabwean Cabinet minister has called for the extradition of James Walter
Palmer, who killed Cecil. Palmer says he relied on his professional guides to
ensure the hunt was legal.
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