Courtesy of the Guardian:
Zimbabwe will not charge American dentist Walter Palmer for killing a prized lion in July because he had obtained legal authority to conduct the hunt, a cabinet minister has said.
“We approached the police and then the prosecutor general, and it turned out that Palmer came to Zimbabwe because all the papers were in order,” the environment minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, told reporters, adding that the American could not be charged.
Palmer, from Minnesota, has always maintained that he believes he acted legally. Last month he told the Associated Press and the Minneapolis Star Tribune that he was stunned to find out his hunting party had killed one of Zimbabwe’s treasured animals.
Yeah, I guess the negative publicity really ruined the thrill of killing an animal that he lured off of a game preserve with an elephant carcass. My heart bleeds.
What's more they only wounded this magnificent animal and let it suffer for several hours before tracking it and killing it.
But hey if Zimbabwe doesn't think they have enough reason to charge this guy then what can you do?
Apparently Walter Scott, the dentist who shot and killed Cecil the Lion, will not be charged in Zimbabwe.
1:23 PM
Share to other apps