Walter Palmer caused outrage after he killed the famous beast during a poaching expedition in Zimbabwe in July.
Speaking for the first time since the incident, the US dentist showed little remorse for his actions and hit out at critics who forced him into hiding.
Palmer, 55, was adamant he followed “the proper procedures” and claimed the hunting party had no idea the lion was so special. He said: “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.
“This has been especially hard on my wife and my daughter.
“They’ve been threatened in the social media. I don’t understand that level of humanity to come from people not involved at all.”
But Palmer, from Minnesota, did not rule out returning to Africa to add to his trophy collection. There was worldwide fury after pictures emerged of him with the skinned lion he shot with a crossbow arrow. Animal rights groups called for his extradition to Zimbabwe to face charges. Others sent death threats and protesters spent days gathered outside his dental practice.
But on Tuesday he said he would be returning to work the following day.
“I’m a health professional,” he said.
“I need to get back to my staff and my patients. I’m a little heartbroken at the disruption in their lives.
Exposing the Big Game 
We’re only making him “miserable”?
Then we’re being WAY TOO KIND to this vile soulless, heartless, sociopathic serial killer!
Need to keep the “screws on,” animal hearts.
And Walter? You evil waste of cells. Boo~ ‘effing~ who!
Oh poor kid, it must be unbearable to be chased. Bad guys, he’s such a lovely & kind person
May he be frightened to death for all his miserable life!
HE’s the victim?!? Boofuckinghoo!! He is clueless and pathetic. I want him to suffer!
Too bad it’s so tough for him being called out for brutal sadistic greed. However, he still has his skin and his head!
Good point.
Can you imagine having Palmer work on your teeth? Hope he loses all his clients.
First of all, I don’t believe a word he says. There’s no reason for anyone to protest anyone but him, not his family. He’s obviously not the most reliable source, a proven poacher, lawbreaker, and sexual harasser.
Don’t forget a habitual liar who is ready, willing and has demonstrated that he has no qualms about throwing anyone under the proverbial bus to save his own backside.
GOOD!
Are we done with him?
This guy is talking about following “procedures”. He still has absolutely no respect for non-human living beings.
And, he is supposed to be a “health professional”. Obviously, he only cares about homo sapiens.
Education is the need of the hour. Homo Sapiens need to be educated about non-human living beings.
B2B.
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This miserable scum bag is “heartbroken”? What a misnomer! One has to have a heart in order to be heartbroken. This idiot is reacting just like all other sociopaths–they are only capable of “feeling” their own pain, no one else’s. Hope he continues to be as miserable as possible–until he ends his miserable life.
http://www.foranimals.org
More about the Zimbabwean poachers who pander to rich American trophy hunters:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/african-hunter-helped-kill-cecil-lion-arrested-article-1.2361421