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Animal Planet prowls into lion-focused marathon

Discovery-owned Animal Planet is set to run a 12-hour marathon of lion programming in remembrance of Cecil the Lion (pictured), a 13-year-old Southwest African lion killed last month by an American dentist.

August 5, 2015

Discovery-owned Animal Planet is set to run a 12-hour marathon of lion programming in remembrance of Cecil the Lion (pictured), a 13-year-old Southwest African lion killed last month by an American dentist.

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A Lion Called Christian, Animal Planet, Big Cat Diary, Dave Salmoni, Into the Lion's Den, Into the Pride, Last Lion of Liuwa

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Daniele Alcinii is a news editor at realscreen, the leading international publisher of non-fiction film and television industry news and content. He joined the RS team in 2015 with experience in journalism following a stint out west with Sun Media in Edmonton's Capital Region, and with communications work in Melbourne, Australia and Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter at @danielealcinii.

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