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Hot Travel Links: New Hypersonic Planes, an Airport Terminal for Animals, and Cecil the Lion
This week's best international travel stories.
RIP Cecil the Lion, killed by a Minnesota dentist
Image: Paula French
- Following the senseless killing of Zimbabwe's famous Cecil the Lion by an American dentist, Delta announced a new ban on "shipment of all lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies."
- One intrepid hiker condensed the 2,660 mile Pacific Crest Trail into a stunning 3-minute video.
- A new hypersonic Airbus plane could get you from Paris to Tokyo in under 3 hours. Now all you have to do is get to Paris!
- This is not a joke: In 2016, JFK will get a $48 million, luxury animal terminal just for pets and horses.
- A new book chronicles how a 37-year-old Norwegian man became the youngest person ever to travel to all 198 countries.
