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How Cecil the Lion Was Lured Out of His Sanctuary

How Cecil the Lion
Was Lured to
His Death

Jul 29, 2015 7:01 AM CDT

How Cecil the Lion Was Lured to His Death

And the fate the men who killed him face

(Newser) - It's the dawn of a new, uncomfortable day for Dr. Walter Palmer, the Minnesota dentist who achieved infamy yesterday when it was revealed he was the hunter who felled the beloved lion Cecil in Zimbabwe. The New York Times and Washington Post today have more on how Palmer and...

US Dentist Who Killed Lion
Blames His Guides

Jul 28, 2015 3:01 PM CDT

US Dentist Who Killed Lion Blames His Guides

Walter Palmer says he thought the hunt was legal

(Newser) - Walter Palmer of Bloomington, Minnesota, just might be the most reviled dentist in the world at the moment. After being identified by the Telegraph as the big-game hunter who illegally shot a protected lion in Africa, Palmer has issued a statement blaming his guides, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune . “...

American Dentist
Paid $55K to
Lure, Kill Lion:
Report

Jul 28, 2015 10:19 AM CDT

American Dentist Paid $55K to Lure, Kill Lion: Report

Walter Palmer identified as hunter who killed Zimbabwe's Cecil

(Newser) - The search for the hunter who killed Cecil, Zimbabwe's most famous lion, may be over. The Telegraph says two sources IDed the man as Walter Palmer, a Minnesota dentist, and the Independent says the chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force has confirmed that. Palmer, who's believed to...

Man May Have
Paid $55K to Kill
Africa's Most
Famous Lion

Jul 27, 2015 7:21 AM CDT

Man May Have Paid $55K to Kill Africa's Most Famous Lion

Spaniard sought in killing of Cecil

(Newser) - Months after Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe came under fire for exporting 23 elephant calves to China ( National Geographic has published undercover photos), the park is again mired in controversy—this time after a hunter skinned and beheaded Africa's most famous lion, 13-year-old Cecil. The lion was wearing...