Cecil the Lion: US Dentist Walter Palmer Who Killed Zimbabwean Lion Returns to Work amid Protests

The Minnesota dentist who killed Zimbabwean lion Cecil, sparking a global outcry from animal lovers, has returned to work at his suburban Minneapolis office amid chants from protesters of "murderer" and "leave town".

Walter Palmer, 55, did not speak to reporters as he entered his Bloomington,  Minnesota, dental practice.

He shut the practice in late July amid a firestorm of protests after he was publicly identified as the hunter who killed the rare black-maned lion weeks before.

The River Bluff Dental practice reopened in mid-August without Mr Palmer, who said on Sunday in a joint interview with the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Associated Press that he needed to resume his duties.

In the interview, Mr Palmer reiterated a statement he had made in July: that the hunt was legal and no one in the hunting party realised the targeted trophy kill was the well-known 13-year-old lion.

No charges have been filed against Mr Palmer.

Mr Palmer said in the interview he wounded the lion with a bow and arrow, tracked it and then delivered a final blow with another arrow over the course of far less than the 40 hours that has been widely reported by media.

The killing of Cecil triggered a storm of protests and threats on social media.

Vandals spray-painted "lion killer" at Mr Palmer's Florida vacation home and demonstrators built a small memorial of stuffed animals at the door of his practice and demanded he be charged and extradited.

Veronique Lamb, a 49-year-old tourist from Brussels, was among the protesters waiting for Mr Palmer on Tuesday, and said that she was there to protest the dentist returning to work "like nothing happened".

Cathy Pierce, 63, of East Bethel, Minnesota, said she would like to see Palmer lose his business.

"Maybe that would send a message that this kind of hunting is not accepted anymore," Ms Pierce said.

Zimbabwe said in July it had requested Mr Palmer's extradition as a "foreign poacher", but Mr Palmer would have to be charged in Zimbabwe before he could be extradited.

The US justice department has said it does not comment on extradition requests.

Regulated big-game hunting is permitted in Zimbabwe and a string of other African countries.

Bloomington Police were at Mr Palmer's office on Tuesday and have a security camera in the parking lot, deputy chief Mike Hartley said.

The department hasn't received any reports of threats to Mr Palmer's life, he said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-09/dentist-walter-palmer-who-killed-zimbabwe-lion-cecil-return-work/6760184

Vocabularies
1. outcry  喊叫  
2. joint  聯合    
3. reiterated  重申
4. trophy  獎盃
5. tracked  跟蹤
6. extradited  引渡
7. poacher  偷(盜)獵者
8. chief  首席

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What – US Dentist Walter Palmer Who Killed Zimbabwean Lion
When – 1^st July 2015
Where – Zimbabwean

Who – US Dentist Walter Palmer
Why – Just for fun and his beloved activity
How – He first wounded Cecil by a bow and arrow, after 40 hours, he killed it.