The hunter who killed Cecil the lion doesn’t deserve our empathy | Rose George

Trophy hunters like Walter J Palmer shouldn't receive death threats - but there is no excuse for their argument that hunting serves conservation

We love a good fight, don't we? Enter Walter J Palmer, a tanned dentist from Minnesota, with a bow and arrow. Along comes Cecil the lion, the alpha male of his pride, minding his own business being the best-known and most beloved lion in Zimbabwe if not in Africa, as well as the subject of an Oxford University study. Then Cecil is shot with a bow and arrow, taking 40 hours to die, all because Palmer thought killing a magnificent animal was sporty.

I'd rather not attempt to comprehend the inexplicable act that is the murder of animals for fun

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