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Thirteen lion Cecil, a favorite of the local population and foreign tourists, the owner was universally admired black mane, killed July 6 at the edge of Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, where he lured dead animal strapped to the car ohotnikov.



Identity of the killer quickly established - it was a skilled hunter, a dentist from the US state of Minnesota, Walter James Palmer.

American dentist has been identified as a hunter who used a bow and arrow to kill at the beginning of this month, one of the most famous African lions. Dr. Walter J.. Palmer from the small town of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA, during a trip to Zimbabwe had paid 55 thousand dollars for their assistance in the murder of a lion Sesila.



According to local authorities, the hunt began on July 1. The hunters went out at night with a spotlight and noticed Cecil. After that, they tied previously killed animal to his car to lure the lion to the national park and thus formally comply with the law banning hunting in the reserves.


Walter Palmer (left) from Minnesota has admitted that he is the hunter who killed the lion Cecil (not pictured) in Zimbabwe, where Palmer shot an arrow at Cecil, and then 40 hours of hunters chasing a wounded animal. When the lion is completely exhausted, he was shot, then skinned and beheaded as trofeya.





Leo Cecil (pictured) lured outside the park and the first wounded by an arrow, and then hunted down, shot and beheaded as a trophy Later, police were able to find the head to attach it to the criminal case. Two Zimbabweans - hunting participants (professional hunter and a local landowner) have this week to stand trial for his help in the murder of Cecil.

Previously, Dr. Palmer boasted that he could get an arrow at a playing card from a distance of 90 meters. And the lion Cecil is not the first victim of this bloody dentist:








His love of the hunt before becoming the cause of problems with the law. For example, in 2008 after the killing of the bear without a license Palmer sentenced to one year probation and a fine of 2939 dollars.

contrast sub- hunter and a married father of two calls itself on its website the dentist having "a unique talent for creating dazzling smiles».

Cecil, one of the oldest Lions Park, was well known for its friendly character.

Cecil led the two Pride, which was six lionesses and cubs 12, and another male Jericho. Without Cecil his family threatened big trouble, since males usually protected by other prides of lions.

"Jericho as a lone male fails to protect the two Pride and cubs from new males invade this territory - said the Telegraph Loveridge. - It is often the case in such circumstances. The most likely outcome in this case -detoubiystvo ».