A notorious sexy costume retailer is really going for it this Halloween by selling a skimpy Cecil the Lion costume.
Yandy.com is offering the crushed velvet romper, complete with attached mane, tail, and ears, for $118.95. Twenty percent of sales from the "limited edition" costume will benefit a global conservation organization, but the company declines to specify which one.
Cecil the Lion, if you're not familiar, was a lion living in Zimbabwe until earlier this summer when a trophy hunter shot him. People lost it — calling for the head of the midwestern American dentist who shot him, and the story was the focus of the media's attention for days. Jimmy Kimmel memorably teared up onstage over the lion.
Outrage over Cecil's death dominated social media:
—Cloud Borden (@Cloudborden666) July 31, 2015
—Josh Fisher (@JGFishe) August 3, 2015
—Adams Apple #5177 (@JaniceKTheLadyE) August 19, 2015
Here's a full view of the sexy Cecil costume:
It comes in sizes small/medium, medium/large, and large/extra-large.
Yandy.com also offers a "deluxe lion costume" for $149.95 for those who want to channel Cecil while keeping covered up, but sales from that costume don't benefit any nonprofits. There's also a "deluxe lion tamer costume" if you have an additional $239 lying around and want to make it a group thing.
Meanwhile, Costumeish.com is selling a costume for people who want to go as a lion-killing dentist.
Both costumes take up the annual tradition of costume companies turning the year's biggest headlines into costumes, to varying levels of tastefulness. In fact, there's already been one other such costume this year: a Caitlyn Jenner costume that stirred up its fair share of controversy until Jenner herself said she wasn't bothered by it.