“We are appealing to the responsible authorities for his extradition to Zimbabwe so that he be made accountable”.
Advertisement
The death of another lion in April is being investigated after the authority received information this week.
Tennessee police officials say an officer has been fatally shot during a traffic stop in Memphis.
Johnny Rodrigues, head of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, reportedly confirmed the news to CNN.
Zimbabwe has called for an American dentist who killed a lion that was lured out of a national park and caused global outrage to be extradited and face as-yet filed charges.
Muchinguri said Palmer’s use of a bow and arrow to kill the lion, who is said to have been lured out of Hwange National Park with bait before being shot, contravened Zimbabwean hunting regulations.
While a professional hunter and a farm owner have been arrested in the killing, Palmer has not been charged.
Palmer has said he relied on his guides to ensure the hunt was legal.
The killing of Cecil earlier this month sparked an global outcry.
As with many African countries, Zimbabwe issues annual hunting permits for big game such as elephant, buffalo and lion, arguing that the revenue generated can be used for wildlife conservation. Any such hunts can only be conducted if confirmed and authorized by the head of the wildlife authority and if the hunters are accompanied by parks staff, it said.
Extraditions “inevitably come down to political and diplomatic considerations far more than they do legal ones”, Vladeck said.
Hwange is favoured by hunters because of its teeming wildlife, Matipano said. Rodrigues said that another lion had been killed, something that CNN can not immediately verify.
Emmanuel Fundira, chairman of the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe, said his association could lose business as a result of the new hunting ban, but added that the measures were necessary to protect wildlife.
American Pharoah turned on the speed in the stretch and easily won the $1.75 million Haskell Invitational on Sunday in his first race since sweeping the Triple Crown.
On Saturday, a lion researcher cast doubt on a report of the shooting death of a male lion who was a companion of Cecil.
“We apologize for reporting that he had died but were confident that our sources were in fact correct”, the conservation task force said in a Facebook post Sunday.
Advertisement
Brent Stapelkamp dismissed reports that the lion had been killed, saying a Global Positioning System device on Jericho didn’t suggest anything out of the ordinary.
