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(44,397 posts) Tue Jul 28, 2015, 02:09 PM Jul 2015

the American dentist who paid 55k to kill beloved lion, says he didn't know [View all]

Social media and Yelp accounts of Dr. Palmer's practice inundated with furious messages about the hunt

However, speaking to the Star Tribune on Tuesday morning, Dr. Palmer said he was unaware of Cecil's fame and expressed regret but denied any illegality and laid any blame firmly at the door of his guides.
'I hired several professional guides, and they secured all proper permits,' the statement read. 'To my knowledge, everything about this trip was legal and properly handled and conducted.
'I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt. I relied on the expertise of my local professional guides to ensure a legal hunt.'
'Again, I deeply regret that my pursuit of an activity I love and practice responsibly and legally resulted in the taking of this lion,' the statement concluded.
Professional Zimbabwean hunter Theo Bronkhorst and local landowner Honest Ndlovu are due to appear in court this week on poaching charges for allegedly killing Cecil.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3177303/PICTURED-American-dentist-passion-hunting-killed-Cecil-Lion-bow-arrow-Zimbabwe.html#ixzz3hDNGVDsq
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Here he is with a leopard he killed

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the American dentist who paid 55k to kill beloved lion, says he didn't know [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 OP

Asshole. misterhighwasted Jul 2015 #1

and coward hfojvt Jul 2015 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Jul 2015 #44

I hope he is charged & held in a cage in a foreign country with no toothbrush misterhighwasted Jul 2015 #48

I think this is what you were looking for.... Lochloosa Jul 2015 #56

Liar, liar, pants on fire. What a load of bullshit! mnhtnbb Jul 2015 #2

you can say that again laundry_queen Jul 2015 #109

LOL. You got that right. mnhtnbb Jul 2015 #112

Fuck him Beaverhausen Jul 2015 #3

Still no fucken excuse smiley! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2015 #4

murdering living things for jollies is a form of severe mental illness in my book. wondering if he msongs Jul 2015 #5

He's a sick bastard. nt City Lights Jul 2015 #6

with nice teeth Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #8

His teeth look painted to me. Very fake looking. nt City Lights Jul 2015 #12

has those new veneers Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #18

Looks like the smile of a sociopath too! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2015 #9

Yep. May this follow him forever. nt City Lights Jul 2015 #13

So, I guess following his line of reasoning, all money providers to contract killers are RKP5637 Jul 2015 #7

You can get a human permit? Igel Jul 2015 #23

narcissistic horrible excuse for a human. nt WDIM Jul 2015 #10

I hate when they sanitize their 55k canned, bait pile 'hunt' and call killing, 'taking' Sunlei Jul 2015 #11

This man is an idiot and I hope no one trusts him to work on their teeth Gothmog Jul 2015 #14

yelp has gone crazy over this Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #19

Wow, he's getting his ass handed to him! arcane1 Jul 2015 #38

yeah. a comment from yelp below Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #40

"Accused of ongoing sexual harassment and your insurer paid $127,500 to the victim?" dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #47

I am going thru all those reviews and marking them "useful" in their scoring boxes! dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #49

I did the same thing a couple hours ago. magical thyme Jul 2015 #55

Yep! I did the same awhile ago. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2015 #103

I hope his practice suffers financially because of this. I wish him all the worst. nt Romulox Jul 2015 #92

Gotta be a republican. Kingofalldems Jul 2015 #15

according to another poster shanti Jul 2015 #39

Romney donor hobbit709 Jul 2015 #59

Never any doubt, look at all that money he threw at Romney so he could further his agenda AllFieldsRequired Jul 2015 #62

to be fair, it's only a fraction of what he spent to kill Cecil 0rganism Jul 2015 #81

"I hired professional guides" Those people will now be killed/imprisoned because he passed blame. Sunlei Jul 2015 #16

They are also contemplating charging enlightenment Jul 2015 #22

can you imagine the court system in africa. those men are dead. all those hunters know what a baited Sunlei Jul 2015 #32

He has hunted Big Horn Sheep, which are on the endangered list. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2015 #60

those hunters get away with killing very endangered wildlife, with that private hunting resort crap Sunlei Jul 2015 #67

a lot of those private bred wildlife gets loose too, thats how chronic wasting in deer was started Sunlei Jul 2015 #68

On Yelp there are pictures of him with a dead rhino and leopard csziggy Jul 2015 #84

he killed a white rhino? he should be prosecuted - they are going extinct hollysmom Jul 2015 #107

'private' owned breeding ranches pen raise much of the big game just for hunters to kill. Sunlei Jul 2015 #123

well, they are not raising any white rhinos. hollysmom Jul 2015 #125

The dentist should be extradited to Africa at least to have a fair day in court. Sunlei Jul 2015 #37

Heard they got 10 years in prison each CountAllVotes Jul 2015 #122

dentists have a high rate of suicide olddots Jul 2015 #17

Well if he is so sure, he can go back to Zimbabwe and plead his case n2doc Jul 2015 #20

This is Zimbabwe we're talking about. Igel Jul 2015 #25

I guess so long as one commits a crime in a place without a 'fair' justice system, they can go free? n2doc Jul 2015 #30

He thought that he could buy whatever he wanted since it was a poor African country sub.theory Jul 2015 #61

Zimbabwe. Where the penalty for poaching a lion is $5,000. LiberalAndProud Jul 2015 #65

What does that link have to do with Zimbabwe? jberryhill Jul 2015 #126

Sounds like somebody knows something about "white privilege." 6000eliot Jul 2015 #86

A country to which he chose to travel and engage in these activities jberryhill Jul 2015 #127

heard on local news (Minnesota) that this is not the first time he Angry Dragon Jul 2015 #21

I smell a liar. If I had to guess he harrassed the guides to the point they had to lure Cecil GusBob Jul 2015 #24

Holy fuck!!! darkangel218 Jul 2015 #26

If the violent man ann--- Jul 2015 #27

Scumbag losing his practice would be a good start. MerryBlooms Jul 2015 #36

Sorry, you fucking POACHER... AzDar Jul 2015 #28

Bullshit! notadmblnd Jul 2015 #29

Sick fuck. TDale313 Jul 2015 #31

May he learn all about poverty and the joys of living in a dumpster. Rex Jul 2015 #34

Sociopath ellie Jul 2015 #35

I'm always a bit curious about why some people decorate their walls with body parts. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2015 #41

because they have no other way of proving they are a "man"? hollysmom Jul 2015 #108

That SMFr has some "priors", including sexual harassment. DinahMoeHum Jul 2015 #42

I hate to say this but we know he is a Republican, Romney supporter, per the many thousands he gave AllFieldsRequired Jul 2015 #75

A PR firm and Lawyer crafted that "appology" taught_me_patience Jul 2015 #43

Fucking Scumbag! 6000eliot Jul 2015 #45

Imposition of agonizing deaths on beautiful animals, by way of bowhunting. Paladin Jul 2015 #46

I smell massive amounts of Faux pas Jul 2015 #50

you didn't know that shooting an animal with a crossbow could lead to it's slow, magical thyme Jul 2015 #51

I'd like to see only his head go back to Zimbabwe RebelOne Jul 2015 #57

We can add "liar" to his list of endearing qualities. the_pauley Jul 2015 #52

Welcome to DU, the_pauley! Lars39 Jul 2015 #63

The hunter has become the hunted Blue Owl Jul 2015 #53

Karma n/t Coventina Jul 2015 #54

Asshole. He knew he was shooting a lion. hunter Jul 2015 #58

Bingo. He knew he was shooting it WITH AN ARROW. MH1 Jul 2015 #96

This is horrible RockaFowler Jul 2015 #64

not buying his bullshit restorefreedom Jul 2015 #66

Creepy piece of shit. He went looking to murder spectacular animals. Arugula Latte Jul 2015 #69

I read China will soon or is? allowing some of these mighty hunters pay to kill Pandas. Sunlei Jul 2015 #70

Asshole hunter blames his own guides C_U_L8R Jul 2015 #71

Bullshit!!!! Initech Jul 2015 #72

Hes got a cavity between those ears that will NEVER be filled!!!! benld74 Jul 2015 #73

Story doesn't add up. Xolodno Jul 2015 #74

This message was self-deleted by its author sub.theory Jul 2015 #76

This message was self-deleted by its author sub.theory Jul 2015 #77

Stinking piece of offal DebbieCDC Jul 2015 #78

Disgusting man. Baitball Blogger Jul 2015 #79

heh. his google review page has been disabled. magical thyme Jul 2015 #80

Almost 100,000 signatures DebbieCDC Jul 2015 #82

Signed. I'm a rabid anti-dentite! Enthusiast Jul 2015 #117

Squirm, motherfucker. Iggo Jul 2015 #83

sickening! napkinz Jul 2015 #85

Waste of good air that should be put to use by endangered species! 2naSalit Jul 2015 #87

He looks like a total douche and you've got to love that he's blaming others. tenderfoot Jul 2015 #88

I keep saying this but he's proof the rich aren't taxed nearly enough. tenderfoot Jul 2015 #89

+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #118

I hope it ruins his business. CrispyQ Jul 2015 #90

I hope it ruins his life. I hope his wife leaves him and takes the kids. Coventina Jul 2015 #93

His wife is as bad... werknotgoin2takeit Jul 2015 #94

I'm sure he could find work among others of his ilk ... say, over at FOX News napkinz Jul 2015 #121

What a piece of shit. Solly Mack Jul 2015 #91

(952) 884-5361 (Murderer Walter Palmer) AtomicKitten Jul 2015 #95

so f'ing beautiful werknotgoin2takeit Jul 2015 #97

May he be shat upon for eternity. Flaxbee Jul 2015 #98

You KNOW it's a very fucked-up situation when... Blue_Tires Jul 2015 #99

How many 10s of thousands of dollars have the teabaggers raised for him so far? Release The Hounds Jul 2015 #100

Likely donor, Ted Nugent. (eom) oasis Jul 2015 #111

say goodbye to your career, asshole Skittles Jul 2015 #101

They tried to destroy the collar jberryhill Jul 2015 #102

That is my question: How can he say he wasn't aware that the lion was collared? What with binoculars ALBliberal Jul 2015 #104

It was night jberryhill Jul 2015 #106

What ELSE is in his house?? RIPCecil Jul 2015 #105

bad news for his offspring AtomicKitten Jul 2015 #110

bad news for Palmer's offspring too MH1 Jul 2015 #114

No likely about it. They will all be killed, every single one. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #119

There are pictures of him with a dead white rhino and a Cape Buffalo csziggy Jul 2015 #116

Such a big man damnedifIknow Jul 2015 #113

Prediction: He'll be a member of Congress within 4 years. /nt Marr Jul 2015 #115

He could jump in to pug clown car and run for the highest office in the land. They'd vote for him. lonestarnot Jul 2015 #129

The Minneapolis newspaper was hired to defens this creep Jim Beard Jul 2015 #120

May his shit come to life hifiguy Jul 2015 #124

Have all the contempt you want to for this guy customerserviceguy Jul 2015 #128