American lion killer extradition being sought

Oppah Muchinguri described Mr Palmer as a “foreign poacher” who financed an illegal hunt.

The U.S. Justice Department said it does not comment on extradition requests.

NBC reported that “Cecil was a popular attraction at the Hwange National Park and had featured in many photographic shoots”.

A White House petition has also requested that Palmer be extradited. It needed to receive 100,000 by August 27 to get a response from the Obama administration.

Minnesota’s most notorious small-town dentist/internationally reviled trophy hunter-best-known for killing Cecil, a Zimbabwe lion beloved among tourists and wildlife researchers-is now wanted by authorities.

Zimbabwe is asking U.S. officials to send the Minnesota dentist back so that he may be possibly prosecuted for Cecil’s murder.

She argued that engagement doesn’t help the Castro regime, but rather threatens it.

Zimbabwe authorities are calling for Dr. Palmer to be extradited to that country as soon as possible to face poaching charges.

Theo Bronkhorst, a Zimbabwean professional hunter who worked with Palmer, was charged this week with failing to prevent Palmer from unlawfully killing Cecil. “We want him tried in Zimbabwe because he violated our laws” said Muchinguri, as quoted in the Portland Press Herald.

Bronkhorst said when they found a wounded Cecil, Palmer killed him off with his bow and arrow and said it wasn’t until they walked over to Cecil that they saw he had a collar.

Following the outpour of backlash for his actions, Palmer at first indignantly stood by his actions saying he thought his hunt had been legal and he was misled by his guides.

” “[Palmer] had a well-orchestrated agenda which would tarnish the image of Zimbabwe and further strain the relationship between Zimbabwe and the U.S.A.

He noted that the US allows the legal import of some 450 African lion trophies annually, and US citizens are responsible for about 60 percent of African lions recreationally hunted each year. “Zimbabwe didn’t see fit to extradite me then, ‘” Bloom explained.

The 13-year-old lion – who was being studied by Oxford University researchers – was decapitated and skinned.

Extraditions from the US are rare however, and the dubious human rights record of Zimbabwe’s regime would likely come into play. The lion or its parts can not be imported into the United States unless it meets CITES requirements.

Animal Communicator Karen Anderson says she spoke to Cecil the Lion from the afterlife and posted his message online.

The lion’s head, which was severed by the hunters, has been confiscated by the wildlife authorities, according to Director of National Parks and Wildlife Edson Chidziya.