the airlines say they will not ship lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros, and buffalo trophies as cargo. the announcements come amid outrage over the killing of an african lion named cecil. meantime, the professional guide allegedly hired for the cecil hunt is expected in court in zimbabwe today. theo bronchorse faces poaching charges over the lion s killing but says he s innocent. zimbabwe officials say he and another man were paid $50,000 by american dentist walter palmer for the hunt. palmer has publicly apologized, saying he did not know the hunt was illegal. farmers in southern russia are desperately trying to save their crops. a ferocious swarm of locusts has invaded the region and a heat wave might be to blame. details from matthau chance. reporter: not for 30 years say officials has russia suffered a plague like this. vast areas of the country s agricultural south are seeing
we expect the landowner to be here this morning. they could face poaching charges which could get them ten years in jail but since coming to zimbabwe, the story is more complex than potentially people were talking about in the first place. those they banned hunting on the margins of the park. one official of the zimbabwe parks authority doesn t know how they are going to raise money for park conservation now. that is fascinating. when you look at the bigger picture of this, cecil s death has caused this backlash against trophy hunting. american and delta airlines will no longer transport the big game trophies. but what is the local action there in zimbabwe. many see this type of business