Cecil the lion killer Walter Palmer breaks silence and returns to work

[niyad]

Cecil the lion killer Walter Palmer breaks silence and returns to work

US dentist challenges stories about Zimbabwean hunt and says he was ‘heartbroken’ for staff when he had to close his clinic.


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Walter Palmer was ‘stunned’ to find out his hunting party had killed Cecil the lion, one of Zimbabwe’s treasured animals. Photograph: Reuters (SUUUURE he was!!)



The American dentist who killed Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe has expressed dismay at the furore that engulfed his family and staff and said he needed to return to work for his patients.
Walter Palmer, who has kept a low profile for more than a month after becoming the target of protests and threats, is to return to his suburban Minneapolis dental practice on Tuesday.
The 55-year-old dentist, who has not been charged with a crime, also reaffirmed that the hunt was legal (so he claims) and that he and the others in his party had no clue that the lion was the much-loved 13-year-old.

“I have a lot of staff members, and I’m a little heartbroken at the disruption in their lives,” Palmer told the Associated Press and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “And I’m a health professional. I need to get back to my staff and my patients, and they want me back. That’s why I’m back.” (then maybe you shouldn't have murdered cecil)

After Palmer was named in late July as the hunter who killed Cecil, his Bloomington clinic and Eden Prairie home became the focus of protests and animal welfare groups vandalised a holiday home he owns in Florida.

Vilified on social media, Palmer said he was “heartbroken” for causing disruptions for staff at his clinic, which was shut for weeks until reopening in late August without him. He said the ordeal had been especially hard on his wife and daughter, who both felt threatened. “I don’t understand that level of humanity to come after people not involved at all,” Palmer said. (of course you don't, since you have no humanity yourself)


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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/07/cecil-the-lions-killer-walter-palmer-going-back-to-work-within-days

[Javaman]

1. and yet the extradition agreement with Zimbabwe is completely ignored. nt

[niyad]

2. it is disgusting.

[lonestarnot]

3. Has Africa actually tried to extradite him?

[Javaman]

6. Zimbabwe to U.S.: Extradite dentist over killing of Cecil the lion

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/31/world/zimbabwe-cecil-lion-dentist/

FYI Africa is not a nation.

[yeoman6987]

4. America doesn't extradite

Have we ever? I can't think of a once.

[Javaman]

5. Zoom down to Z

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_extradition_treaties

then what's the purpose of having a policy? Oh right, we're the U.S., we're special.

[trumad]

7. "I don’t understand that level of humanity"

He's fucking kidding right?

[Iggo]

8. Yeah, well, I don't understand the level of humanity to kill an animal that wasn't hurting anybody..

...just so you can cut its head off and hang it on your wall.

You vile low-life piece of shit.

Fuck off and die, Trophy Hunter.

[oberliner]

9. Are you a vegetarian?

In either case, are you comfortable with the vast amount of torture and killing of cows, pigs, and chickens every day across the United States?

[Iggo]

10. "...just so you can cut off its head and hang it on your wall."

There you go. All in the subject line now.

Have a wonderful day.

[oberliner]

11. So if he ate the lion it would've been ok?

Seems an odd distinction to make.

The animal suffers and dies needlessly either way.

[lonestarnot]

12. No. but he should have had to eat all of it. Teeth, claws and hair included.