Minn. dentist, ND native's killing of lion spurs backlash - INFORUM
Palmer, an Eden Prairie man with a Bloomington dental practice who owns land in western Minnesota,, came under fire from animal lovers after being identified as the man who shot Cecil, a well-known lion who roamed a Zimbabwe national park. During a nighttime hunt in early July, the hunting team tied a dead animal to a car, luring the lion out of Hwange National Park, said Johnny Rodrigues, chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force. A guide and the landowner where the lion was shot were charged with poaching, and a second guide was being sought for questioning, according to the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority and the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe. The hunt was illegal, the authorities said, only because the landowner’s 2015 hunting quota did not include a lion. Source: www.inforum.com
