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The American dentist who killed Cecil the lion a month ago in Zimbabwe had paid for an illegal hunt and should be extradited to the southern African nation to face justice, Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri said yesterday.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has also opened an investigation into the killing of Cecil. The wounded cat was later tracked down and Palmer allegedly killed it with a gun, they said. She said that Cecil’s killing was “deliberate” because it had taken place on...

The world, or at least the World of the Internets, is furious with the Minnesota dentist who stupidly killed Cecil the Lion.

The Telegraph of London identified Palmer, 55, as the person who paid $50,000 to shoot and kill what the news outlet called the most famous creature in one of Zimbabwe’s national parks. And now it appears they have.

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