The government of Zimbabwe may soon be forced to shoot 200 lions due to the lull in big-game hunting in light of the anti-hunting backlash that followed the killing of Cecil the Lion in July 2015.
The quiet coda to last month’s Category 5 Internet freak-out arrives via Reuters, which reports no charges will be filed against Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer in the death of Zimbabwe’s most famous resident, Cecil the Lion.
As a caring, sensitive, non-racist person, one of the things I often ask myself when mulling over tricky moral issues is: “What would Madiba* have done?” (* see note below) One such moral conundrum has been the killing of Cecil,
As the anti-trophy hunting backlash continues in the wake of Cecil the lion’s death, one of Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer’s homes has been vandalized and he has been forced to hire armed security for himself.
“I just connected with Cecil the lion who was recently killed. I wanted to let him know how loved and honored he is. I was moved to tears to hear his words. His message is profound.”
Mia Farrow, the onetime actress who now functions as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, took a particularly vicious route in joining celebrities venting their fury at Walter Palmer, the dentist who killed Cecil the lion, tweeting Palmer’s home address.
The most hated man in the world right now is a fiftysomething dentist from Minnesota called Walter Palmer. His practice in Bloomington, Minneapolis, has been deluged with hate mail; people are calling for him to be tortured, just like at
