6 months' prison for hunter who killed a jaguar and posted it to Facebook

[Judi Lynn]

6 months' prison for hunter who killed a jaguar and posted it to Facebook
Agence France-Presse
on Sep 11, 2015 @ 1:15 PM



A hunter who killed a jaguar in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest was sentenced to six months in prison, officials announced Friday, in a case echoing the deadly shooting Cecil the Lion in Zimbabwe.

Ecuador's Environment Ministry said Friday that the hunter posted a picture on Facebook of the slaughtered big cat.

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Initially, a court had imposed a penalty of just 10 days in prison for the shooting, but environment officials launched a successful appeal.

"We obtained a longer sentence for the person responsible for the intentional killing of an animal that is in danger of extinction," the environment ministry said.

More:
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6647511/2015/09/11/six-months-prison-hunter-who-killed-ecuador-jaguar

[MH1]

1. Ugh, 6 months isn't long enough, but better than 10 days.

Or 0 like it appears Cecil's killer will get.