A Michael Broad Blog
Protestors turned their anger to civil disobedience in defacing the Florida vacation home of lion killer Dr Walter J Palmer. It happened on Monday night. They also threw pig’s feet over his driveway. The home is valued at $1million. It’s on Marco Island. Palmer is still in hiding. Here are some photos. You can …
The answer to the question in the title is, No and I attempt to explain why below. It is ironic, though, that the story of Cecil the Zimbabwean lion killed by Dr Palmer and his cohorts has generated so much publicity online and in hard copy newspapers that quite unexpectedly his death has probably, …
This is Dame Jane Goodall’s statement about the well publicised and discussed shooting of Cecil the lion, a 13-year-old head of pride who was famous and a tourist attraction. Jane Goodall is famous as the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees having studied them in the wild in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania for 55 …
It is possible to prosecute Walter Palmer under American law. “Possible” is the operative word. It is far from certain but it does provide a nice alternative to an equally tricky process which is to extradite him to Zimbabwe to be tried there. What can Walter Palmer be charged and prosecuted with? If it …
Some updates on the Walter Palmer case. Firstly, a representative of Mr Palmer has voluntarily contacted the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS): “We were voluntarily contacted by a rep of Dr Palmer. We appreciate the co-operation, investigation is ongoing.” Secondly this is a photo of his wife, Tonette Palmer, who is in …
It may happen. Zimbabwe’s Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri has said that Palmer should be extradited to Zimbabwe to face charges. She’s angry. As the Obama administration has received a 140,000 petition from American citizens requesting that Palmer is extradited to Zimbabwe, there appears to be nothing in the way of it happening unless someone …
In two online petitions, over one million people (1,033,000 at this date) have signed up to seek justice for Cecil. In addition, over £230,000 has been donated to the University of Oxford project (WildCRU) which was engaged in studying Cecil’s behavior until it was brutally terminated by Walter Palmer. In the first petition, over …
This is excellent news for millions of people who are horrified by the killing of Cecil by the now notorious sport hunter and dentist Walter Palmer. The US authorities have launched an investigation into the killing. We should not hold our breath though. At present they have been unable to find Palmer. US Fish …
