Man Who Shot Cecil the Lion Speaks Out

The U.S. dentist who killed one of Zimbabwe's most beloved lions in July, causing an international uproar about trophy hunting, has emerged from weeks of silence and has given an interview. In an interview conducted jointly Sunday by the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Associated Press, Walter Palmer said, "If I had known this lion had a name and was important to the country or a study, obviously I wouldn't have taken it. ... Nobody in our hunting party knew before or after...

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