Game park owner charged in relation to killing of Cecil the lion

Splash Dentist spotted in the wild: Dr. Walter Palmer is pictured near his home, seen in public for the first time since it was revealed he killed Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe.

Ndlovu denies the charge and was freed on a $200 bail to return to court on September 18.

Prosecutors on Tuesday accused Honest Ndlovu, whose property is near the vast Hwange National Park in western Zimbabwe, of allowing an illegal hunt on his land.

The hunt provoked worldwide outrage when it emerged Cecil was a favourite attraction among visitors to Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park and was wearing a tracking collar as part of an Oxford University research project.

The dental practice of a Minnesota hunter whose killing of Zimbabwe’s best-known lion, Cecil, sparked widespread criticism from animal lovers around the world reopened on Monday without him. He temporarily closed his dental practice went into hiding after being vilified worldwide for killing the popular Cecil.

An Associated Press reporter saw people going in and out of River Bluff Dental.

The 55-year-old big game hunter, other than releasing a statement last month when news of the lion killing was first reported, has dodged public appearances or public comment about the debacle.