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Ty Inc. Announces Cecil the Lion Beanie Baby

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080315 Beaniebaby?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1438655916539Ty Inc.(NEW YORK) — You will soon be able to add Cecil the Lion to your Beanie Baby collection.

Ty Inc. has designed a new Beanie Baby modeled after Cecil the Lion, a protected lion who was illegally killed by a Minnesota hunter in Zimbabwe. The news comes from a statement released by the plush-toy maker.

According to The Chicago Tribune, the toy will go on sale in retail stores in September and will sell for $5.99.

The release said all of the profits will go to the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit of the University of Oxford. Researchers at the university were studying the lion when he was killed.

The news comes the same day Delta Airlines announced they would no longer ship hunting trophies of lions, leopards, elephants, rhinoceros and buffalos.

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