The so-called lion killer is said to be back on business almost two months after taking the life of Africa's famous lion, Cecil. According to reports, the American dentist and hunting aficionado, Walter Palmer is now back on business. CNN reported that the 55 year old dentist will return to practice on Tuesday. On a statement via CNN, Dr. Palmer said that;
"I have a lot of staff members, and I'm a little heartbroken at the disruption in their lives. And I'm a health professional. I need to get back to my staff and my patients, and they want me back. That's why I'm back."
It can be remembered that Palmer eluded the public's eye after the incident broke into the social media and when he was identified by British media to be the big-game hunter behind the killing of the lion Cecil near Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park. "I've been out of the public eye. That doesn't mean I'm in hiding. I've been among people, family and friends. Location is really not that important," Palmer stated.
After the incident and the world have known of what he has done, Palmer shared that his life has drastically changed. The hunter became the haunted as social media outrage targeted him and his family in the process. Some were not even satisfied of calling him a "killer," for others even named him as "Satan" via social media. He then shared that "this has been especially hard on my wife and my daughter. They've been threatened in the social media, and again ... I don't understand that level of humanity to come after people not involved at all."
Despite the criticism and evidences being presented, Palmer is still firm with his statement which implies his innocence from all the accusations. It was reported via cnn of Palmer stating that;
"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," Palmer said late July in a statement. "I relied on the expertise of my local professional guides to ensure a legal hunt." In recent interview he also added that "if I had known this lion had a name and was important to the country or a study, obviously I wouldn't have taken it. Nobody in our hunting party knew before or after the name of this lion."
