From The New York Times:
An American dentist who admitted that he killed a well-known lion this month in Zimbabwe and planned to mount the head has closed his practice near Minneapolis as the furor online has turned vitriolic and, at times, threatening.
Dr. Walter J. Palmer’s neatly groomed property, adjacent to a preschool, has turned from a dentist’s office to a memorial to the lion, called Cecil, with red roses and more than a dozen stuffed animals laid outside the locked front door.
There was no answer to repeated knocks and doorbell rings at his large, stucco house in an affluent, wooded neighborhood. His neighbors would not talk.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
Good. Let's hope this barbaric fucknut can never practice again. What a goddamned inexcusable monster.
Update 1:
The New York Times has once again quickly changed its story (see Hillary + emails) and hoped nobody would notice. They have changed the headline to:
American Who Killed Cecil the Lion Keeps Dental Office Closed
When I saw it, the headline read "...Closes Dental Practice"
and the first paragraph has also changed to this:
An American dentist who admitted that he killed a well-known lion this month in Zimbabwe and planned to mount the head kept his office closed on Wednesday as the furor online turned vitriolic and, at times, threatening.
Please compare it to the text I copied above.
(h/t Jersey Jon)
Update 2:
Please sign the White House petition to have Walter Palmer extradited to Zimbabwe to face poaching charges. It was started by our own Scott Wooledge, and already has more than 83,000 signatures:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/...
Update 3:
From BuzzFeed:
WASHINGTON — The State Department is “saddened” by the death of Cecil the Lion at the hands of an American dentist, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.
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“We are aware of the situation regarding the killing of Cecil the lion, and understand the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently looking into the facts,” said Department of Justice spokesperson Wyn Hornbuckle. “Re extradition, as a matter of policy we generally do not comment on extradition-related matters, which would include whether a foreign country has made a request in a particular case.”
A spokesperson for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement that the agency was “deeply concerned” over Cecil’s death.
“We are currently gathering facts about the issue and will assist Zimbabwe officials in whatever manner requested,” spokesperson Laury Parramore said.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/...