# Lion Beanie Baby to raise funds in memory of Cecil the Lion

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/08/05/lion-beanie-baby-to-raise-funds-in-memory-dead-cecil-the-lion/
- Published: 2015-08-05T11:05:54+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The killing of Cecil the Lion by a tourist hunter in Zimbabwe at the beginning
of this month caused outrage, but sales of a new soft toy will raise funds for wildlife
conservation in memory of the animal.**

 

![Cecil™ the Lion Beanie Baby®](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/
2015/08/cecil-the-lion-beanie-baby-full.jpg)

Cecil™ the Lion Beanie Baby® will help future conservation work.

 

## Advertisement

Ty Warner, founder and chairman of plush toys manufacturer [Ty Inc](http://Ty.com),
has created Cecil the Lion Beanie Baby, and promised that 100% of profits from its
sale will be donated to wildlife charity [WildCRU](http://www.wildcru.org), the 
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit at the University of Oxford.

It was WildCRU that was monitoring Cecil as part of its mission to achieve practical
solutions to conservation problems through original scientific research.

Warner said:

> “Hopefully, this special Beanie Baby will raise awareness for animal conservation
> and give comfort to all saddened by the loss of Cecil.”

 

## WildCRU’s Cecil the Lion appeal raises $500,000

A separate fundraising appeal in memory of Cecil the Lion has raised over $500,000
following a $100,000 matching pledge from Tom and Daphne Kaplan. An [Everydayhero fundraising page](http://www.everydayhero.co.uk/event/Wildcru-Cecil-the-lion)
has raised over £113,000 of this total.

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