Walter James Palmer is thought to have lured the beloved lion out of a protected park to hunt him down.
Officials in Zimbabwe say a foreign hunter paid $55,000 for the privilege to kill a lion near a national park. The hunter who baited, shot, skinned and beheaded a beloved, majestic lion known as “Cecil” during a Zimbabwe safari is an American dentist from Minnesota. A Minnesota dentist has been identified as the hunter who killed Cecil the lion, a beloved and popular attraction in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park. US dentist and hunter Walter Palmer has issued a statement after he was identified as the man who killed Zimbabwe's most famous lion, Cecil. The cause has caused outrage around the world. Two men are due in court in Zimbabwe charged with poaching offences.
