Officials in Zimbabwe say another American illegally killed a lion during hunt

Outside the office of the dentist accused of killing Cecil the lion. — (Image credit: Adam Bettcher/Getty Images)

Following the outrage over the killing of Cecil the lion by an American dentist, wildlife officials in Zimbabwe announced on Sunday an American gynecologist illegally killed a lion during a hunt in April.

In a news release, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said that Jan Casmir Sieski of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, took part in an authorized hunt outside of Hwange National Park, where Cecil was killed in July. The New York Times reports that no one with that name can be found in public records, but an address given out by the Zimbabwe government can be traced to Jan Casmir Seski, a gynecological oncologist practicing in Pittsburgh. Officials told The Associated Press that Seski shot the lion with a bow and arrow, killing it on a farm owned by a safari tour operator named Headman Sibanda.

Zimbabwe National Parks spokeswoman Carolina Washaya Moyo told AP that the hunt was conducted in an area "where lion hunting is outlawed," and said "the landowner who helped him with the hunt also did not have a quota for lion hunting." Sibanda has been arrested on suspicion of breaching hunting regulations, and accused of hunting without a permit and quota. The government has suspended the hunting of lions, leopards, and elephants outside of Hwange National Park, and ordered hunters in the field to stop and leave. An investigation has also been ordered into the hunting industry, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.