A Michael Broad Blog
Yawn. Sorry, but I have to report on Dr Walter Palmer’s first day back at work after six weeks off because it is quite interesting in a boring, repetitive kind of way! Dr Palmer’s dental practice reopened, in fact, in mid-August without him. You may remember too that he had given an interview, recently …
Well, it’s Monday the 7th September 2015 and Dr Walter Palmer should be back at his workplace, his dental practice, sometime during this week. He has said he intends to return tomorrow, Tuesday 8th 2015. It will be a memorable day and one I hope he regrets! Sorry if that sounds a bit mean …
The organisation, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have created a gory Halloween ensemble which they entitle “Cecil’s Revenge”. It is made up of a lion plush toy about one third size and a dentist’s white coat covered in blood. The lion bites the wearer of the coat on the shoulder. The …
Walter Palmer, the infamous dentist who the world knows shot Zimbabwe’s most famous lion Cecil with a bow and arrow in an attempt to kill him (without success), has been seen, for the first time in around 6 weeks, in the area where he lives and works. You can see in the photograph that …
Millions of people were right to condemn Walter Palmer for his trophy hunting and the killing of Cecil the lion. Almost all the condemnation was on social media and on websites; this might be described as “digital condemnation”. It was done in an armchair, on a train, at a desk, just about anywhere and …
It is an interesting thought which has been highlighted by the attitude of one of Walter Palmer’s clients. What do his clients think about their money funding the killing of African and American animals for the pleasure of their dentist? Here we have, at last, the moral dimension to this story. We know that …
It has emerged that the Oxford University laboratory that was studying Cecil the lion with a radio collar is partly funded by companies which advocate sustainable trophy hunting. As a result of Cecil’s killing by Walter Palmer and his team the laboratory has now received more than £550,000 in funding; a silver lining amongst …
I just heard this on the BBC News. Theo Bronkhorst is a land owner and professional hunter. He helped the American dentist Walter Palmer to kill Cecil the lion. In fact, he’s the person who finished off Cecil 40 hours after Dr Palmer had speared him with an narrow but failed to kill him. …
