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The US dentist who killed a lion in Zimbabwe had done nothing wrong and was a “good man”, AFP quotes the hunter who led the expedition as saying.

Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside Palmer’s dental practice in Bloomington, Minnesota, this week to voice their disgust, CNN affiliate WCCO reported. Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri has meanwhile appealed for the United States to extradite Palmer so he can...

In a statement sent to TakePart on Monday, Delta said it has banned the transport of lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and buffalo parts on its flights worldwide.

Sithole is cooperating with the police investigation.

Visitors arrive at Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park. Zimbabwe authorities are accusing him of killing a lion with a bow and arrow in a restricted area over the weekend. Sithole is cooperating with the police investigation.

Jericho the lion is alive and well and roaming his park habitat in Zimbabwe, the Oxford University researcher tracking the lion confirmed on Sunday.

The Facebook page of a group called the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said Saturday that Jericho was killed.

Later Saturday afternoon, a field researcher told Reuters that despite reports from the ZCTF, Jericho is not dead.

Zimbabwe’s environment minister says US dentist Walter Palmer should be extradited for the “illegal” killing of Cecil the lion.

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

The US dentist, Walter Palmer, who killed the lion in Zimbabwe last week has been subjected to heavy criticism from around the world including condemnation from celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jimmy Kimmel. “The service’s investigation is ongoing and...

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joined countless others who have expressed outrage on social media that an American dentist shot and killed Cecil the Lion, a 13-year-old cat who was considered a national treasure in Zimbabwe. Spokesman Josh Earnest said the petition had exceeded the...

Zimbabwe prosecutors Thursday are still trying to figure out how to charge one of the suspects in the killing of Cecil the lion by an American dentist that has outraged animal lovers. It has gained over 141,000 signatures which is over the necessary 100,000 in 30 days necessary...

More than a hundred thousand people are asking the White House to extradite Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer to Zimbabwe to face justice for hunting and killing a lion known as Cecil this week. I have not been contacted by authorities in Zimbabwe or in the U.S. about this...

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...