Mellissa Ricks: #Repost @animalrevenge with @repostapp. ・・・ Cecil the lion (left of photo) a famous and protected lion of Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, lost his life due to an American dentist, Walter James Palmer (right of photo). The Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force reported Palmer paying $50,000 to track, hunt, and kill Cecil. Cecil was fitted with a GPS collar by the Oxford University Research Program, so finding him was especially simple. By strapping a dead animal to their vehicle, Cecil was lured into an unprotected area where Palmer shot Cecil with a bow and arrow. The wound had not killed him, so Cecil wandered for 40 more hours before Palmer shot the lion, skinned him, and then beheaded him. But this isn't the first time Palmer had illegally killed an animal. In 2008 Palmer killed a black bear and received a $3000 fine and probation. Palmer was also the subject of a sexual harassment complaint settled in 2006, with Palmer admitting no wrongdoing and agreeing to pay a former receptionist more than $127,000. Palmer now "deeply regrets taking Cecil the lion" and told USA News Today "I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt." My question to him: would it be different if the lion was not locally known and collared, but just another lion? Cecil or not, a kill is a kill and this man is only regretting his choices after negative attention was shifted on him. He obviously has a shady past, so I do not believe he regrets the actual kill in the end. Shame on Walter James Palmer. . REPOST FROM @vegetarian.to.vegan Follow @walter.palmer to know more about the life of the killer. #ripcecilthelion #cecilthelion #Animal #animals #lion #justiceforcecil #cecil #

#Repost @animalrevenge with @repostapp. ・・・ Cecil the lion (left of photo) a famous and protected lion of Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park, lost his life due to an American dentist, Walter James Palmer (right of photo). The Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force reported Palmer paying $50,000 to track, hunt, and kill Cecil. Cecil was fitted with a GPS collar by the Oxford University Research Program, so finding him was especially simple. By strapping a dead animal to their vehicle, Cecil was lured into an unprotected area where Palmer shot Cecil with a bow and arrow. The wound had not killed him, so Cecil wandered for 40 more hours before Palmer shot the lion, skinned him, and then beheaded him. But this isn't the first time Palmer had illegally killed an animal. In 2008 Palmer killed a black bear and received a $3000 fine and probation. Palmer was also the subject of a sexual harassment complaint settled in 2006, with Palmer admitting no wrongdoing and agreeing to pay a former receptionist more than $127,000. Palmer now "deeply regrets taking Cecil the lion" and told USA News Today "I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt." My question to him: would it be different if the lion was not locally known and collared, but just another lion? Cecil or not, a kill is a kill and this man is only regretting his choices after negative attention was shifted on him. He obviously has a shady past, so I do not believe he regrets the actual kill in the end. Shame on Walter James Palmer. . REPOST FROM @vegetarian.to.vegan Follow @walter.palmer to know more about the life of the killer. #ripcecilthelion #cecilthelion #Animal #animals #lion #justiceforcecil #cecil # :: via mellyricks09 Instagram http://ift.tt/1gwAKOV