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Walter Palmer, man who killed Cecil the Lion, charged with DWI
By Jeff Wald
Published June 5, 2025 3:12pm CDT
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The Brief
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- The Eden Prairie man who became well-known for killing Cecil the Lion, has been charged with DWI.
- Walter Palmer was arrested for a May 26 incident in Eden Prairie. The address of his home and arrest matches the address of the Walter Palmer who killed Cecil the Lion in 2015.
- He was allegedly driving his Porsche erratically, smelled of alcohol and refused a blood test.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (FOX 9) – The Eden Prairie man once known for killing Cecil the Lion is accused of drunk driving, according to charges filed in Hennepin County Court.
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Walter Palmer was charged earlier this week with DWI, careless driving and obstructing the legal process in connection with the May 26 incident. Palmer was arrested at his home, an address that matches the same Walter Palmer that killed the famous lion back in 2015 as part of a big-game hunt. He also has a Florida address that had been spray-painted with “Lion Killer” on the garage door.
FOX 9 reached out to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and Eden Prairie Police Department to confirm it was the same Walter Palmer who was arrested for DWI. Eden Prairie police did not respond.
Walter Palmer arrested for DWI
What we know:
According to the charges, Eden Prairie police responded at about 8:50 p.m. on May 26 to a report of a Porsche Cayenne driving all over the road and hitting multiple curbs in the area of Hennepin Town Road and Riverview Road. Authorities spoke with the driver of another vehicle who was following the car and reported the erratic driving. An officer pulled into the driveway of the home owned by Palmer, and he was identified as the driver of the Porsche.
The officer told Palmer they received a 911 call about how he was driving. He denied hitting multiple curbs, then stepped away from the officer, pointed his finger and said, “You didn’t see anything wrong though, did you? No. Nope. Okay. Thank you,” the complaint states.
The complaint states the officer observed that Palmer smelled of alcohol. He asked Palmer how much alcohol he had consumed, to which Palmer said, “None.” He then said, “Uh, I’m not driving.” He said he wanted an attorney, and his car had been parked at his home for 20 minutes.
The complaint states Palmer walked away when the officer told him he had to perform field sobriety tests. The officer grabbed him, Palmer pulled away and said he wanted to call his wife. Palmer and the officer continued in a physical struggle before Palmer said, “I’m unconscious.”
The complaint states the garage service door opened, and Palmer’s wife and son came out. They both pleaded with Palmer to listen to the officer. Palmer then said, “Why are you doing this? Because I’ve had a beer?”
Police spoke with the witness and his wife, who observed Palmer driving erratically and followed him to his home. He was the only one to get out of the Porsche at that time.
Authorities obtained a search warrant to get Palmer’s blood tested, and he refused.
Cecil the Lion
The backstory:
In July 2015, Palmer paid more than $50,000 to go on a big game hunt in Africa that resulted in the death of Cecil the Lion, one of the most beloved lions on Africa. Palmer killed the lion with a bow and arrow.
He was accused of illegally killing the popular lion in Zimbabwe. But officials dropped the charges after they were deemed too vague, and the circumstances didn’t constitute a chargeable offense.
The Source: Charges filed in Hennepin County Court.
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Montana eyes more wolf hunting, trapping
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The state of Montana is considering allowing more hunting and trapping of wolves.
The Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) is looking at its wolf hunting and trapping quotes for the 2025-26 season.
A proposal from the state agency would increase the statewide wolf hunting and trapping quota to 500. That is up from 2024’s wolf hunting quota of 334.
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The changes will be considered Aug. 21 by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission.
The proposals would allow a hunter to bag and trap as many as 30 wolves.
The commission is also looking at increasing some regional otter trapping quotas and decreasing the number of bobcats hunted and trapped in another part of the state.
The state commission will consider allowing private landowners to remove 100 wolves from their properties, farms and ranches if the wolves are a threat to people, livestock or dogs.
FWP also said in a new report that there are 1,091 wolves statewide and that 297 wolves were hunted and trapped during the last hunting season.
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“We are committed to following the law to reduce wolf numbers to a sustainable level, which means ensuring Montana has a healthy state managed population,” said Quentin Kujala, FWP chief of Conservation Policy.
FWP said its 2024 wolf population estimate of 1,091 wolves is down 12 from 2023’s estimate of 1,103 wolves.
There were pushes in the Montana Legislature during the 2025 session to expand hunting of wolves to get their numbers down to 450. FWP also uses 450 wolves as its baseline in its population management policies and objectives.
There were 297 wolves trapped and hunted last season and 286 wolves were taken during the 2023-24 season according to FWP. According to FWP, there are 181 wolf packs statewide.
USDA Wildlife Services reports that wolves reportedly killed 35 cattle, 16 sheep, three foals, and eight livestock guard dogs last year.
The 2025-2026 wolf hunting season runs Sept. 6 to Sept. 14 for archers, Sept. 15 to March 15 for hunters and Dec. 2 to March 15 for trappers.
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