Dentist receives waves of criticism after killing lion
Dr. Walter Palmer made a statement admitting he hunted and killed Cecil the Lion following social media backlash. The criticism temporarily shut down his practice.
American dentist Dr. Walter Palmer was identified as Cecil’s killer, quickly making him Internet’s most hated person.
Palmer reportedly paid $55,000 for the opportunity to hunt a lion in Zimbabwe, but the country is saying that the hunt was illegal.
#WalterJamesPalmer was the man who killed #CecilTheLion. This was an #illegalhunt. #VisitZimbabwe #263Chat #wildlife #illegalhunting
— #VisitZimbabwe (@tourismzimbabwe) July 28, 2015
A statement from Zimbabwe National Parks reads, “Ongoing investigations to date, suggest that the killing of the lion was illegal since the land owner was not allocated a lion on his hunting quota for 2015.”
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