Beloved Lion Killing Sparks Virtual, Real Life Outrage

Big game hunter Walter J. Palmer, who rose to infamy for killing Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe is now feeling hunted himself, albeit mostly online. The beloved lion was known to be friendly to humans, and helped bring tourists to Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park. Researchers at Oxford University in Britain were using him in a study. Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota is believed to have killed Cecil on July 1. Officials say the animal was lured off the national park to a nearby farm....

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