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In July 2016, a fake news article published by the entertainment World News Daily Report started recirculating on the internet: The story posted above was originally published in March 2016, but it didn't gain much traction until a few months later. While it's not clear exactly why the article received a boost in popularity, it may be because Cecil the Lion was killed a year before, in July 2015. The article may have also received a bump after an anti-poaching group posted a hoax video that purported to show a lion attacking two poachers. Regardless of the reason for the article's popularity, this is a piece of fake news from a well-known entertainment web site:
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