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"Cecil the Lion: Shocking pictures reveal a history of big game hunting

15:00, 29 Jul 2015
Updated 15:30, 29 Jul 2015
By Kirstie McCrum

There's been outrage over a hunter's slaying of Cecil the lion but the tradition of hunting has been around for as long as man
Getty 1961, Royal Tour to Nepal, A general scene during a Tiger hunt which Queen Elizabeth II attended

Queen's role: In a 1961 Royal Tour to Nepal Queen Elizabeth II attended a tiger hunt

The killing of much-loved lion Cecil has brought international condemnation of the American dentist who fired the fatal arrow.

But there is a history of big game hunting which spreads further than American tourists to Africa.

King Edward VIII of England and Queen Elizabeth II are two British royals who have been involved in big game hunt expeditions on their travels.

Pictures have been released showing some of the 43 registered animal kills by Cecil's shooter, father-of-two Walter Palmer from Minnesota.

Getty Man with hunting 'trophies', a photograph of a man surrounded by hunting 'trophies', taken by Roper for the Daily Herald newspaper on 6 January, 1938. The 'trophies' include a red-fronted

gazelle and an African buffalo, both shot on safari by King George VI (1895-1952), an avid hunstsman
Royal touch: Man with hunting 'trophies' taken by Roper for the Daily Herald newspaper on January 6, 1938 - they include a red-fronted gazelle and an African buffalo, both shot on safari by King George VI, an avid hunstsman

Collector's burden: American big game hunter Henry A Snow holds a Winchester M1895 rifle and squats by the mouthparts of an African savannah elephant. Snow collected over 150 mammals and 1,500 birds

Big game hunter Alejandro Siemel of Brazil pictured beside his hut in the jungle diplaying a collection of skins of jaguars that he had killed with gun and bayonet during a ten week holiday
Hunting break: Alejandro Siemel of Brazil pictured beside his hut in the jungle displaying a collection of skins of jaguars that he had killed with gun and bayonet during a ten-week holiday

But these images which capture Queen Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi of Nepal, King Edward VIII of England and even remind us of Queen Elizabeth II's 1961 Nepal trip which included a tiger hunt show that the rich and powerful have long been part of the hunting world.

Although cave dwellers were know to go on hunts, they were generally thought to be seeking food rather than trophies.

From the 19th century, Europeans began to look on big game hunting as something to bring back a souvenir from, with antlers, pelts, horns and more being displayed as a sign of their prowess.

Big killers: Coloman Jonas in The Denver Post-Glenwood Springs Lion Hunt, which starts March 18, 1932, shown in his office with the heads and pelts of "killers of three continents" slain by him

The Prince of Wales tiger shooting in Nepal, the Indian Tour, 1921. The future King Edward VIII and his entourage pose with a dead tiger. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury, a souvenir book published as Edward VIII was crowned following the death of his father, George V
King of the hunt: The Prince of Wales - future King Edward VIII - tiger shooting in Nepal, the Indian Tour, 1921

1969; Big-game hunter W. W. Robinson, surrounded by trophies of his African safaris, is the new chairman of the acquistions committee for the City Park Zoo
Big game: WW Robinson, surrounded by trophies of his African safaris, is the new chairman of the acquistions committee for the City Park Zoo in 1969

North American people undertook hunting for food and sustenance around the same period, but now wealthy residents are more often involved as Walter Palmer in a sort of 'sport'.

Safaris are run in African countries which allow access to the animals for hunters who pay the highest prices.

Palmer is believed to have paid £35,000 to shoot and kill Cecil with a bow and arrow.

1940-1949, Wife of the sportsman and herself a big game hunter; Mrs. Helen Lerner; who went along in the search for specimens; poses with a lion she shot in the African jungle. The trip through the African wilds was arduous.
Spousal trip: Wife of the sportsman and herself a big game hunter Mrs. Helen Lerner poses with a lion she shot in the African jungle sometime between 1940-1949

Big-game hunting in Africa: dead elephant. In the background: African hunting assistant. Photograph. Around 1935
African elephant: This 1935 picture shows hunter and assistant

1960: Queen Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi, wife of King Mahendra of Nepal, with a tiger she shot during a big game hunt in the jungle
A woman's power: Queen Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi, wife of King Mahendra of Nepal, with a tiger she shot in 1960

He has claimed he relied on professional guides to find a lion and obtain the necessary permits.

And professional hunter Theo Bronkhorst and farm owner Honest Ndlovu have been charged with poaching offences over the death.

Here's a handy guide explaining the legalities of big game hunting.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/legal-shoot-lions-rules-allowed-6158303
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