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Dentist who killed Cecil the lion won’t be charged because hunt was legal
NY Post ^ | October 12, 2015 | Chris Perez

Posted on 10/12/2015 11:28:23 AM PDT by conservative98

The American dentist who sparked worldwide outrage in July when he killed Cecil — Zimbabwe’s most beloved lion — will not be charged with any crime because the hunt was perfectly legal, authorities said Monday.

Walter Palmer, 55, had “all (his) papers in order” when he tracked the rare black-maned big cat and took him down with a bow and arrow just outside Hwange National Park in the Western part of the African country, according to Reuters.

Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri told local media that Zimbabwean authorities had conducted an investigation in part with the Prosecutor General, which concluded that the Minnesota dentist was indeed hunting legally like he had long claimed — and he had no idea that the lion he had killed was one of the country’s biggest tourist attractions.

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KEYWORDS: africa; cecil; cecilthelion; dentist; hunting; lion; minnesota; walterpalmer; zebralivesmatter; zimbabwe
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To: nascarnation

“If Planned Parenthood got caught selling puppy parts they’d be shut down in 48 hrs.”
That is hilarious!! It is absolutely true.


41 posted on 10/12/2015 12:16:47 PM PDT by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: ConservativeDude

The lion was purportedly named for Cecil (pronounced Ceh-cil) Rhodes, father of Apartheid and for whom BJ Clinton was a RHODES Scholar — until he dropped out and was no longer a Rhodes Scholar, except that Big Media never noticed that last part, and so BJ is STILL a “Rhodes Scholar”.


42 posted on 10/12/2015 12:17:13 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: conservative98
... the lion he had killed was one of the country’s biggest tourist attractions ...

Complete and utter B.S.

No one in Zimbabwe had ever heard of the lion until after he shot it.

43 posted on 10/12/2015 12:19:48 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: conservative98

I wonder if all the Ceciloonians will show and apologize for their libel of the man. Nah.


44 posted on 10/12/2015 12:31:15 PM PDT by xone
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I agree.


45 posted on 10/12/2015 12:33:00 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Normal people don't vote Democrat.)
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To: Bubba_Leroy; Gamecock

Thanks for the info. That’s the report I was looking for.


46 posted on 10/12/2015 12:55:53 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

he American dentist who sparked worldwide outrage in July when he killed Cecil —


Some slight modifications are needed.

The person who sparked outrage among liberals, PETA types, and tearful late night liberal comedians. The outrage was hardly worldwide. People at the center of it all, in Zimbabwe, didn’t even know who Cecil the lion was until news spread about him being hunted. Even then, Zimbabweans didn’t understand the fuss, because control of wild animals are a problem in many parts of Africa.


47 posted on 10/12/2015 1:32:32 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: conservative98

Will the media nightly news reports even cover this????


48 posted on 10/12/2015 1:33:41 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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