Cecil the Lion, a resident of Zimbabwe's national park, and an national icon was killed this week as thousands of animals are every day. Media reports in the Guardian, Wall Street Journal and elsewhere have identified American Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minneapolis, MN as the hunter. He is alleged to have lured Cecil from the safety of the national park to kill him. Two of Palmer's local associates are already in custody. Zimbabwe authorities now actively seeking Palmer in connection with this incident instead of dealing with real problems in their country like runaway inflation.
We urge the Secretary Of State John Kerry and the Attorney General Loretta Lynch to put pressure on the Zimbabwean authorities and Obama to protect Walter Palmer from the corrupt Zimbabwe government's request.