US dentist won’t be charged by Zimbabwe for killing lion
Walter Palmer arrives at the River Bluff Dental clinic in Bloomington, Minnesota, Sept. 8, 2015. (Eric Miller/Reuters)
Cecil the lion
HARARE — Zimbabwe will not charge an American dentist for killing its most prized lion in July because he had obtained legal authority to conduct the hunt, a cabinet minister said on Monday.
"We approached the police and then the Prosecutor General, and it turned out that (Walter) Palmer came to Zimbabwe because all the papers were in order," Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri told reporters, saying the American dentist could not be charged.
