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kpete

(72,024 posts)
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 09:37 AM Jul 2015

The dentist has a kill list of 43 different animals

Palmer on Thursday wrote to to his patients to say he he was sorry for killing the beast, but described hunting as his passion.

“I don’t often talk about hunting with my patients because it can be a divisive and emotionally charged topic,” he wrote. “I understand and respect that not everyone shares the same views on hunting.”

Repeating his claim made in an earlier statement, Palmer said he had no idea the lion he killed was “a known local favourite” and said he would assist the Zimbabwean authorities.

The dentist has a kill list of 43 different animals including a polar bear, a mountain lion, an elephant and an African lion he killed in 2005, according to records obtained by the Minneapolis Star Tribune.



http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/31/zimbabwe-extradition-dentist-killed-cecil-the-lion

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The dentist has a kill list of 43 different animals (Original Post) kpete Jul 2015 OP
Well he is the prey now n/t n2doc Jul 2015 #1
wish someone w/ lots of money would put a million dollar bounty on him KittyWampus Jul 2015 #5
isn't he though? he has inadvertently made big game hunting anathema for the world roguevalley Jul 2015 #14
The guy is no sportsman, no hunter, no nothing. He is a murderer on the loose! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2015 #2
He's not a hunter, that's for damn sure. n/t cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #19
Gun culture-y. nt onehandle Jul 2015 #3
A polar bear? abelenkpe Jul 2015 #4
So killing one lion wasn't enough for the sick bastard. KittyWampus Jul 2015 #6
This man is a sick person Gothmog Jul 2015 #7
The good news is NV Whino Jul 2015 #8
Just who people want as a doctor, someone with no empathy for life at all Johonny Jul 2015 #9
get this guy a backhoe, the shovel he's using isn't working fast enough. nt Javaman Jul 2015 #10
They should offer him a new reality TV show based on The Most Dangerous Game aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #11
Sicko. City Lights Jul 2015 #12
I would bet you anything that this guy is impotent leftyladyfrommo Jul 2015 #13
So he is a serial killer, no good reason to call him a hunter. What he does is for 'sport'. Rex Jul 2015 #15
Serial poacher as well LondonReign2 Jul 2015 #16
I hope there is justice toward him in the end, he needs to be behind bars for serial poaching. Rex Jul 2015 #17
Kids and teenagers ohheckyeah Jul 2015 #20
Definition of "Passion" from Dictionary.com IcyPeas Jul 2015 #18

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
14. isn't he though? he has inadvertently made big game hunting anathema for the world
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:47 PM
Jul 2015

Last edited Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:50 PM - Edit history (1)

polar bears will be extinct in no time without his fucking attention. Good luck hiding, mr dentist while the world hunts you to be sent back to Zimbabwe. They want his ass.

EDIT Apparently he's negotiating to turn his sorry ass in. TMZ has a horrendous picture of him holding a leopard he killed like the sorry bastard he is. GAH! What a blighted man!

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)
8. The good news is
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 10:13 AM
Jul 2015

Zimbabwe is now calling for extradition. If the U.S. Can determine that he broke the law as it applies in this country, he will be extradited. I wouldn't hold my breath, though.

Johonny

(20,895 posts)
9. Just who people want as a doctor, someone with no empathy for life at all
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 10:19 AM
Jul 2015

I wouldn't go to him for treatment, ever.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
11. They should offer him a new reality TV show based on The Most Dangerous Game
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 10:30 AM
Jul 2015

about a big game hunter who becomes the quarry of a bored aristocrat on an isolated island. I'm sure the dentist would love the sporting challenge to kill or be killed.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)
12. Sicko.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 10:36 AM
Jul 2015

I do hope he enjoys being the hunted.

He should quit being a cowardly liar and come out of hiding.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,874 posts)
13. I would bet you anything that this guy is impotent
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 10:42 AM
Jul 2015

or has a 1 inch dick.

Besides being a complete asshole.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
15. So he is a serial killer, no good reason to call him a hunter. What he does is for 'sport'.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:51 PM
Jul 2015

The sport of murdering animals in the wild.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
17. I hope there is justice toward him in the end, he needs to be behind bars for serial poaching.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 02:00 PM
Jul 2015

Good call.

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)
20. Kids and teenagers
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 04:20 PM
Jul 2015

who kill for sport are called psychopaths - why not adults?

I have no words for how upsetting the killing of Cecil is.

IcyPeas

(21,910 posts)
18. Definition of "Passion" from Dictionary.com
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 04:13 PM
Jul 2015

noun
1. any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
2. strong amorous feeling or desire; love; ardor.
3. strong sexual desire; lust.
4. an instance or experience of strong love or sexual desire.
5. a person toward whom one feels strong love or sexual desire.
6. a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything: a passion for music.
7. the object of such a fondness or desire: Accuracy became a passion with him.
8. an outburst of strong emotion or feeling: He suddenly broke into a passion of bitter words.
9. violent anger.
10. the state of being acted upon or affected by something external, especially something alien to one's nature or one's customary behavior (contrasted with action ).
11. (often initial capital letter) Theology. the sufferings of Christ on the cross or His sufferings subsequent to the Last Supper.
the narrative of Christ's sufferings as recorded in the Gospels.
12. Archaic. the sufferings of a martyr.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/passion

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