UNDATED (WSVN) — A toy company that makes Beanie Babies has created a new one in memory of a lion that was lured out of a national park in Zimbabwe and killed by an American tourist.
According to Ty Inc., Cecil the lion will be honored as a Beanie Baby. The toy company says 100 percent of profit sales will go to the wildlife conservation research unit at the University of Oxford.
Cecil the lion was lured out of a national park in Zimbabwe and killed by an American tourist, in early July. According to reports the beanie baby will be hitting shelves at the end of September for under $6.