The Prosecutor General (PG) Johannes Tomana has gone after Cecil the lion’s killer Dr Walter Palmer.
Tomana has started processing papers for the extradition of the American dentist who killed Cecil the lion in Hwange.
Environment, Water and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has confirmed the development saying the PG is working on the case.
According to the American law, an individual requires 100 000 petitions to be extradited and for the petition to be sent to the president.
In the case of Palmer, over a million petitions are now in place.
Minister Muchinguri said Zimbabwe is not against legal hunting, adding the killing of Cecil was illegal.
According to information from Hwange, Cecil the lion was initially shot with an arrow by Palmer.
He later killed it with a bullet two days later while the animal suffered a slow and painful death.
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Thank you for taking the death of this beautiful animal seriously. Walter James Palmer is a criminal who is guilty of poaching and knowingly torturing and butchering this incredible, trusting animal. The people who conspired to kill Cecil should be held accountable including the guides, any park officials that conspired with them as they lured Cecil out of the park and the Dentist. The American government and Zimbabwe officials need to ban together to send a message that this kind of criminal act will not be tolerated and that no one can buy their way out of prison time.
On behalf of those who have no voice I pray all involved will be prosecuted and jailed.
Thank you very much
Barbara Jean Pearson
Please do everything you can to extradite Walter Palmer. An example needs to be made of him to discourage other hunters from killing more of these beautiful and increasingly rare animals.
Leonardo da Vinci was a very intelligent man!!
This counts for people in Europe as welll !!
People from Europe as well !!
I am another American who is in favor of extraditing him. This has gone on long enough. He has broken the law in this country, too. He could have donated to a fund for African wildlife. He could have learned photography. But no, he had to poach and kill Cecil. No man at all.
thank you for all you are doing, I am ashamed to be an American, please know that there are many of us here who want to see Palmer pay the price for murdering Cecil.
I deeply and wholeheartedly support the extradition and prosecution of Walter Palmer! He can not get away with the murder of this illegal poaching of Cecil! Thank you!
This is the very best thing that can be done. To extradite this man, and then to work toward wildlife protection, would be very effective.
Thank you, Mr. Johannes Tomana! Extradite and prosecute Walter Palmer in Zimbabwe.
Walter James Palmer is a DISGRACE to America. For the sake of Africa’s wildlife, please make an example of that man. Thank you, Prosecutor General Tomana!
Leonardo was far ahead of his time in so many ways. Great post!
MANY THANKS to Prosecutor General Tomana for moving forward with the extradition request!
Thank you! Walter Palmer should have to face the consequences of his heartless and illegal actions.
There will not be many who know about this link, but there will be millions globally who share the belief that Palmer should be extradited and face justice in Zimbabwe.
Knowingly he illegally killed Cecil and knowingly tried to get away with it, because he thought his money ruled over morals.
Thank you Mr. Tomana we applaud your actions.
Please get Walter Palmer back to Zimbabwe to face judgment. We will NOT be silenced until we get justice for Cecil and all the beautiful animals being brutally slaughtered for the sake of “pleasure”, “enjoyment”, “sport”. We will continue to be the roar of Cecil.
Tomana wants him extradited and for good reason. I for 1 support him all the way.!!
PG Johannes Tomana, Thank you so very much for doing this, we in this country are so very HAPPY that finally things for going forward. Palmer needs to be brought to justice, so again thank you so very much!!
We the people of the United States of America applaud and thank you!!!!
We support you and this step 100%!!!
I applaud PG Johannes Tomana for stepping forward and starting the process to extradite Walter Palmer. We here in the USA are working for him to be extradited! May Palmer stand trial for his possible crimes (I use that term loosely. I am sure he has knowingly participated in an illegal hunt). Thanks to the Zimbabwe government for beginning this process!
The Prosecutor General (PG) Johannes Tomana
Innocent? Hardly. He came for the purpose of killing a lion, esp the worlds biggest black maned lion. If I, who have never hunted in Africa knew about Cecil, do you expect me to believe he didn’t know of it, or hadn’t heard f it? If he is the Hunter, he is responsible for what he did. Surely when they decapitated the lion, and saw the collar, at the very least at hat point they should have reported their actions themselves. palmers only action was to try to get the trophy and himself home. He’s a lying cruel excuse for a human being. Please review he facts and reassess your attitude. Quit making excuses for a cowardly trophy Hunter.
You cant ignore one problem because there’s others that exist. That kind of ithinking is a dead end. This issue is about extraditin for Palmer, something we all want
He’s played the blame game before. ‘ I thought it was a legal hunt’ and ‘ it was my guides fault.’ Authorities here believed he was an outright liar, and he was found guilty of illegally poaching a bear. He is a convicted felon in the United States. We so desperately want him extradited.
Thank you for taking these steps. Many Americans want to see Palmer extradited and face justice for Cecil. Many also want to see a complete halt to trophy hunting. It is descimating populations of endangered and threatened species, and it is destroying an ecosystem and a resource for economic growth for the people of Africa.
You haven’t got all the facts.
thank you for doing whatever is in your power. Dr. Palmer did an illegal hunt and certainly knew the rules and didn’t play by them. For that alone he should be held accountable. For other atrocities, we would like to get our hands on him…
Thank you. Please do everything you can to extradite Dr. Walter Palmer. To go to another country and do what he did is wrong.
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Thank you for working to extradite this monster. Making an example of him may make his murderous kindred spirits think twice before killing another precious creature.
Leonardo da Vinci — ‘The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.’
Dr. Walter Palmer has a history of lying to federal agents and illegally
killing wildlife. He also has a history of being able to buy his way
out of trouble. The American people are no longer willing to sit by and
watch money speak louder than the will of the masses. The American people are embarrassed to be associated
with this immoral self righteous individual who believes just because he
is rich enough he has the right to steal from Zimbabwe and from the world (and from future generations). Cecil was worth
more to Zimbabwe alive than dead. It is not just the American people
who want to release him to Mugabe, but also millions of people
throughout the world who are demanding justice. This will not be allowed
to pass without justice being served to Dr. Palmer.
unfortunately the Americans will never release their citizen to Mugabe! what justice can they expect from Mugabe, that is the problem! if legal hunting is allowed, how did this guy hunt this lion? was he not trapped into killing this lion thinking he was innocently legally hunting? It seems this guy will not have a fair trial in Zimbabwe where the justice system is compromised and in this already the guy is already clearly convicted by public opinion before he is tried and his chances of receiving a fair trial are compromised. the Zim government has already proved him guilty before he is tried through their trumped witness who were used to trap this innocent tourist who did everything believing he was conducting legal hunting.
unfortunately the Americans will never release their citizen to Mugabe! what justice can they expect from Mugabe, that is the problem! if legal hunting is allowed, how did this guy hunt this lion? was he not trapped into killing this lion thinking he was innocently legally hunting? did he come to America to illegally hunt one lion avoid legally hunting two?
Lets deal with the problem at hand and strike while the iron is hot. I agree that there are many many crimes that need to be dealt with, which I hope all involved will be brought to justice one way or another. One step in the right direction may lead to another.
What a spineless hopeless lot of savages these individuals are!!! Can I ask one simple question…hey Shona boy, why is it that whatever you touch in your lives you destroy?????
The zimbabwean government should look at its own crimes before trying to prosecute others. It’s sad about Cecil and the parties should be made to pay a fine to the conservation of zims animals but what about gukuruhundi land invasions murambatsvina 2008 violence missing activists rampant corruption and the complete plunder and destruction of an entire nation. It angers me when our government try and clean up someone else’s doorstep when their own is neck deep in sewerage