Cecil the lion killer returns to work at Minnesota dental clinic

A handful of protesters and a throng of reporters were on hand around sunrise awaiting Walter Palmer, who returned to work after weeks out of the public eye

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The American dentist at the center of an international uproar over the killing of a beloved lion in Zimbabwe returned to his clinic in suburban Minneapolis on Tuesday after weeks out of the public eye.