Rep. Blumenauer Leads Call to Administration to List Threatened African Lions Following Tragic Killing of Cecil the Lion

Washington, DC– (ENEWSPF)—July 30, 2015. Following the tragic killing of Cecil the lion, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Co-Chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, and Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-03), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and 48 other House Democratic members urged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to finalize its proposed rule listing the African lion as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Currently, the African…