An animator who worked on Disney's "The Lion King" has created a masterpiece in homage to Cecil the lion to raise funds and awareness for wildlife conservation.
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According to Blaise, 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of the art will benefit the World Conservation Research Unit in honor of Cecil, a 13-year-old rare black-maned lion whose death sparked international outrage last month after the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said he was killed by an American hunter.