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| Cecil, the Zimbabwean beloved lion killed by a US hunter |
The wealthy American dentist who killed Zimbabwe’s beloved lion Cecil was a trophy-seeking bow hunter with a poaching conviction in the United States. Walter Palmer, 55, boasted that he is a bow hunting purist who doesn’t carry a gun as backup when pursuing big game. A figure of some renown in hunting circles, he made the claim when in a New York Times article on trophy hunting published in 2009.
