THE BLAZE
by David Urbanski
August 5, 2015

Goodwell Nzou can claim a number of critical statuses that most Americans…cannot. First off, he’s from Zimbabwe. Second, he’s a doctoral student in molecular and cellular biosciences at Wake Forest University. Third, he knows all about lions — and not the kind you see on YouTube or even at the zoo. Nzou’s Wednesday op-ed in the New York Times is turning some heads — and perhaps generating just a little bit of cognitive dissonance — because he’s decidedly unsympathetic toward those outraged at Cecil the Lion’s demise. In fact, when Nzou heard the news about Cecil, he said “the village boy inside me instinctively cheered: One lion fewer to menace families like mine.”  Did all those Americans signing petitions understand that lions actually kill people? That all the talk about Cecil being “beloved” or a “local favorite” was media hype? Did Jimmy Kimmel choke up because Cecil was murdered or because he confused him with Simba from “The Lion King”? READ MORE