Posted: Jul 29, 2015 9:08 am
Not only SA. How about neighbour Zimbabwe:
Dentist who illegally killed Cecil the lion blames local guides for the scandal
Dentist who illegally killed Cecil the lion blames local guides for the scandal
A Minnesota man has been accused of illegally killing a famed lion in Zimbabwe.
Walter James Palmer of Eden Prairie, Minnesota has been named by Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force as the shooter of Cecil, a 13-year-old prized lion. He is now wanted by Zimbabwe officials on poaching charges.
The lion was protected and the subject of a decade long study by the Wildlife Unit of Oxford University in the UK. He was outfitted with a GPS collar and was killed in Hwange National Park. The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority and the Safari Operators Association said that two men were charged with poaching in connection to Mr Palmer.