by: Care2 Team
target: Government of Zimbabwe

19,493 SUPPORTERS
20,000 GOAL
Every animal lover will remember the day they learned about the death of Cecil. Zimbabwe’s most famous lion, who was lured out of his reserve by an American hunter and shot. The animal was left to suffer in agony for hours before it finally died. What made the news even worse was that Cecil was being studied by scientists to learn more about lion habits.

Now, a similar story has emerged but this time the victim was an extremely rare type of elephant known as a “Big-Tusker.” Big-Tuskers are elephants with tusks so long they reach the ground. According to the latest study, there are only around 30 left on Earth.

Make that 29, unfortunately, one was murdered last month by a Russian trophy hunter on a Safari Club affiliated hunt.

To make matters worse — like Cecil —…