# @animalplanet on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BW0eeT9B4pM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14052234-animalplanet-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/deb3e3b75b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-07-21T19:13:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Animal Planet (@AnimalPlanet) — https://gondola.cc/AnimalPlanet

## Caption

We're devastated by news that #Xanda, the son of #CecilTheLion [pictured], has been killed by a big game trophy hunter in Zimbabwe – not far from where his father died, also at the hands of a trophy hunter, just two years ago. Xanda was 6 years old, Cecil's oldest cub, and had several offspring himself.
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Lions currently face a conservation crisis in #Africa, with an estimated 20,000 lions left living in the wild.
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#lion #lions #saveanimals #protectanimals #savelions #projectcat #wildlife #bigcat #bigcats #savebigcats

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- **Likes:** 19,998
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- **Comments:** 279

## Tags

lions, africa, savebigcats, lion, cecilthelion, bigcats, wildlife, savelions, projectcat, protectanimals, xanda, saveanimals, bigcat

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