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.
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Dr. Walter Palmer is being hounded by animal lovers who have been protesting against him for killing “Ceil the lion” in Zimbabwe.
The US senator have announced Friday a legislation that will prevent trophy-hunting of animals in the response to the global outrage aroused by the death of Cecil, the Lion in Zimbabwe.
“We are waiting for the police to give us the docket because the procedure is that the police prepare the docket and forward it to the Prosecutor General and we act upon their request”, he said.
But more than 174,000 people signed an official petition for his extradition, and an official US Fish and Wildlife Service investigation is underway.
‘That was taken with the client’s camera, so I don’t have access to it, ‘ Bronkhorst said.
Palmer hasn’t returned numerous emails from The Associated Press.
The U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe said Friday that it does not comment on extradition matters and the Zimbabwe Embassy in Washington said it had yet to receive instructions. Reuters reported that Palmer admitted killing the 13-year-old African lion.
CBS News correspondent Vinita Nair reports Palmer has been hounded online and off – with some people calling for his death.
Zimbabwe and the United States have often sparred over the years.
Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans had called for Palmer’s extradition on social media, according to Muchinguri. Extradition can be sought for any crime under Zimbabwe law if the crime carries a maximum penalty of more than one year in prison and if the underlying conduct would also violate U.S. law and would warrant a similar penalty under U.S. law. But they have not specified what charges might be laid against him, meaning it is unclear what penalty he could face if he is tried and convicted.
Palmer, 55, even boasted that he had broken a record for slaying the “world’s biggest lion”.
In an email obtained by WCCO, Palmer wrote a letter to his patients, saying, “I deeply regret that my pursuit of an activity I love and practice responsibly and legally resulted in the taking of this lion”.
Other scientists say his vocal anti-hunting advocacy got him in trouble.
Like Palmer, Stanley fits the classic mold of a Great White Hunter – mostly American males, wealthy enough to spend $54,000 for a single hunt, as Palmer did to stalk Cecil with a crossbow – and like the demonized dentist, he has spent more than $50,000 to hunt lions.
Theo Bronkhorst’s Licence was suspended already on 27th July 2015 by the Director General of the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, Mr. E. Chidziya, and the lion trophy, i.e. the head and the skin with the claws of Cecil, have reportedly now been confiscated.
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“We believe the cubs are still out there in the bush”, he said, adding that no rescue missions were planned.
