July 07, 2016 (vol. 126, iss. 123) • Page Image 5
…A few days ago, I came across an op-ed in The New York Times, “Angry Tweets Won’t Help African Lions,” where the author, Richard Conniff, implores people to do more than just tweet angrily about issues they care about. Last year, as Conniff pointed out, when Zimbabwe’s prized lion, Cecil, was shot by a Minnesota dentist, organizations condemned the doctor and people took to social media, expressing outrage over ...…