White House to review petition to extradite Cecil hunter

The professional Zimbabwean guide who organized the killing of Cecil the lion has been charged with ” failing to prevent an illegal hunt”.

Appearing in court where he is accused of poaching charges, Bronkhorst claimed that Cecil was killed the morning after he was hit with the arrow after being tracked for hours.

The petition on the White House’s We the People site, has exceeded the 100,000 signatures required for a response and Press Secretary Josh Earnest said a response will be “forthcoming”.

Zimbabwe has 2,000 lions and is allowing 70 to be hunted this year, according to the country’s Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.

Oppah Muchinguri, environment, water and climate minister, said that the government wanted him tried in Zimbabwe ” because he violated our laws”. In fact, Zimbabwe already has started such proceedings and has asked the U.S. government to cooperate. Palmer is believed to have shot the lion with a bow on July 1 outside Hwange National Park, after it was lured onto private land with a carcass of an animal laid out on a auto.

Edward Grace, deputy law enforcement chief of of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, issued a statement urging Palmer to contact the agency immediately.

Cecil was collared and monitored as part of an Oxford University research project. He was then skinned and beheaded.

“Lions are not endangered species in Zimbabwe and they can be hunted under sport hunting; the other thing is that you need to have a quota”.

America’s most reviled dentist, Dr. Walter James Palmer, disappeared this week after news broke of his involvement in the hunting death of a beloved Zimbabwean lion named Cecil.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been wanting to have a chat with Palmer about his actions but after stopping by his house, his dental practice, and flooding his inbox with messages, they still haven’t heard from the man.

Local police are also investigating death threats against Palmer, whose location is not known. Palmer allegedly paid about $50,000 to hunt the animal after it was lured from a national park into an unprotected area.