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He said he is “a little heartbroken at the disruption” to the lives of his office staff and patients.

Walter Palmer had been out of the public eye since being linked to the July killing of Cecil, a lion who was a tourist favorite and the subject of academic research.

Palmer has admitted to killing the lion but said he believed everything about the hunt was legal and that he was simply following the directions of his guides.

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

Zimbabwe is seeking the extradition of American dentist Walter Palmer, who is accused – along with at least two others – of illegally hunting the lion, authorities said.

Cecil, lured away from a refuge and killed, was an attraction at…

“Unfortunately it was too late to apprehend the foreign poacher as he had already absconded to his country of origin”, Muchinguri said at a news conference. Palmer has said he relied on his guides to ensure the hunt was legal.

Piper Hoppe, 10, from Minnetonka, Minnesota, holds a sign at the doorway of River Bluff Dental clinic in protest against the killing of a famous lion in Zimbabwe, in Bloomington, Minnesota July 29, 2015. Critics say the killing of Cecil demonstrates how the elite hunting industry...

“He might be guilty as sin, or he might not have known anything about the circumstances in this hunt”, Dance said.