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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProtests planned for Minn. dentist who killed Cecil the lion
A Minnesota dentist who killed a beloved African lion named Cecil continues to face the wrath of social media users, celebrities and animal lovers around the world.
*On Twitter, people slammed Palmer's "senseless killing" of Cecil and Yelp users continue to pepper Palmer's dentistry page with insults. In the last 24 hours, the hashtag #CecilTheLion has been used nearly 300,000 times, according to Topsy, an analytics site.
Two separate protests are also scheduled to take place in front of the dentist office on Wednesday afternoon, KARE-TV reported. Meanwhile, the practice's Facebook page has been taken down and Palmer's office remained closed on Wednesday."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/07/29/minnesota-dentist-cecil--lion-poaching-africa-zimbabwe/30827549/