Zimbabwe will not charge American dentist Walter Palmer for killing a prized lion in July because he had obtained legal authority to conduct the hunt, a cabinet minister has said.
“We approached the police and then the prosecutor general, and it
turned out that Palmer came to Zimbabwe because all the papers were in
order,” the environment minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, told
reporters, adding that the American could not be charged. Palmer, from Minnesota, has always maintained that he believes he acted legally. Last month he told the Associated Press and the Minneapolis Star Tribune that he was stunned to find out his hunting party had killed one of Zimbabwe’s treasured animals.
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