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
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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.
Read: Illegal hunt: Africa's most famous lion killed, beheaded in Zimbabwe
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.
Read: US dentist who killed Cecil the lion breaks silence
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.
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.
Read: Illegal hunt: Africa's most famous lion killed, beheaded in Zimbabwe
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.
Read: US dentist who killed Cecil the lion breaks silence
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.