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Dentist Who Killed Cecil Speaks

Here's a set of photos involving the clueless killing of a prize Zimbabwe lion, allegedly by American dentist Walter Palmer of Bloomington, Minn.

A Minnesota dentist being sought by Zimbabwean police on poaching charges for killing a beloved lion named Cecil said yesterday he was unaware of the animal’s protected status until it was too late. “I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt,” Walter James Palmer, 55, of Eden Prairie said in a statement. “I relied on the expertise of my local professional guides to ensure a legal hunt”/Boston Herald.com. More here.

Question: Do you believe dentist Walter Palmer -- that he didn't know he was poaching a beloved lion? Does it matter?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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