The Lion King has been reimagined to tell Cecil the lion's story
The killing of Cecil the lion and the worldwide public outrage has now been told through a reimagining of the Disney classic The Lion King.
A short trailer of the animated film has been dubbed over to tell the story of the Minnesota dentist who murdered the protected lion and is subsequently left to face the consequences of his actions in what the video describes as “social media mob mentality”.
The US dentist, Walter Palmer, who killed the lion in Zimbabwe last week has been subjected to heavy criticism from around the world including condemnation from celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jimmy Kimmel.
The video was created by the weekly satirical news show So That Happened and is a morbid reimagining of Cecil’s death, as told through The Lion King.
Mr Palmer, who is believed to have paid around $50,000 (£32,000) to hunt the lion, has not opened the dental practice he runs in Minneapolis since the incident.
The White House said it would review a public petition to extradite him to Zimbabwe for trial after more than 100,000 signed it however White House spokesman, Josh Earnest, said the decision was in the hands of the US justice department to respond to any extradition order.
The video is available to view in full above.