US hunter who killed Zimbabwe lion returns to dental practice

Walter Palmer shut down his dental practice after he was publicly identified as the hunter who killed the lion Cecil

BLOOMINGTON: The Minnesota dentist who killed Zimbabwean lion Cecil, sparking a global outcry from animal lovers, returned to work on Tuesday at his suburban Minneapolis office to shouts of "murderer" and "leave town" from a half dozen protesters.

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Walter Palmer, 55, arrived at about 7 am CDT to the Bloomington, Minnesota, dental practice that he shut down in late July amid a firestorm of protests after he was publicly identified as the hunter who killed the rare black-maned lion. It had reopened in the middle of August without him.

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The lion, which was a popular attraction among many international visitors to the Hwange National Park, was lured outside the park’s boundaries by bait and shot in July.