Zimbabwe will not charge dentist for killing Cecil

Zimbabwe will not charge American dentist Walter Palmer for killing its most prized lion because he had obtained legal authority to conduct the hunt, a cabinet minister said.

In July, Palmer, a lifelong big-game hunter from Minnesota, stoked a global controversy when he killed Cecil, a rare black-maned lion, with a bow and arrow outside Hwange National Park in Western Zimbabwe.

Palmer’s hunting papers were in order, said environment minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri yesterday.