Jeremy Bednarsh- The Story of Walter Palmer
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THE STORY OF WALTER PALMERBY JEREMY BEDNARSH
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WHO IS WALTER PALMER?
• A DENTIST BASED IN THE MINNEAPOLIS AREA.
• AN ENTHUSIASTIC BIG-GAME HUNTER WHO BELIEVES IN HUNTING WITH A BOW AND ARROW.
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WHAT DID HE DO?• EARLIER THIS MONTH, WALTER WENT ON A
HUNTING TRIP IN ZIMBABWE, WHERE HE KILLED A LION.
• THE LION WAS LURED AWAY FROM A SANCTUARY SO THAT HE COULD BE KILLED.
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ABOUT THE LION
• THE LION, NAMED CECIL, WAS MUCH LOVED BY THOSE WHO FREQUENTED HWANGE NATIONAL PARK, DUE TO HIS REGAL NATURE.
• HE WAS PART OF A STUDY BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY, AND WHEN HE WAS KILLED HE HAD A GPS TRACKING DEVICE ATTACHED TO HIM.
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THE AFTERMATH
• WHILE PALMER PAID $55,000 TO HUNT THE ANIMAL, THE HUNT WAS ACTUALLY ILLEGAL.
• PALMER’S GUIDE, PROFESSIONAL HUNTER THEO BRONKHORST, AND FARMER HONEST NDLOVU, ON WHOSE PROPERTY THE LION WAS KILLED, ARE BOTH FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES.
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WALTER PALMER’S PAST
• THIS ISN’T PALMER’S FIRST RUN-IN WITH THE LAW. • IN 2008, HE FACED PRISON TIME AFTER LYING TO
A FEDERAL AGENT ABOUT HUNTING A BLACK BEAR IN WISCONSIN.
• WAS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN 2009.
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AND NOW…
• WALTER PALMER’S WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN.
• HE CLOSED DOWN HIS DENTIST OFFICE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
• HAS BECOME A TARGET OF INTERNET VIGILANTISM
• THE DOOR OF HIS OFFICE IS COVERED WITH A SHRINE OF STUFFED ANIMALS AND SIGNS TELLING HIM TO “ROT IN HELL”.
• PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE MINNEAPOLIS AREA ARE PROTESTING.