#CecilTheLion, hunted and killed by Walter Palmer, a Minneapolis dentist, is sitting atop the list of Twitter’s trending topics in the United States Tuesday night. A petition demanding justice for Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe currently stands at more than 143,000 signatures, while a “We the People” petition on the White House website calls for the arrest and extradition of Palmer to face prosecution for illegal poaching.
Palmer’s dental office was closed today, but protesters have tracked down his home address, with many posting it and his home phone number online.
So can I lure Walter Palmer out of his home to kill, behead, & skin him? I've got a piece of paper saying it's not murder it's just sport.
— pampeliška (@oogivesaf) July 28, 2015
Look I think we all agree that Dr. Walter Palmer is a complete douchenozzle.
Don't put his home address on Twitter. That makes you a douche
— TAFKA ?️? (@TAFKASirThinks) July 28, 2015
The home of Dr. Walter Palmer. The big game hunter is not here. Not at work. Still looking… #CecilTheLion pic.twitter.com/Xv29nKTBaj
— Paul Blume (@PaulBlume_FOX9) July 28, 2015
These two “dentist hunters” tracked stuffed animals thrown onto Palmer’s lawn.
They say they're hunting dentists. Throwing stuffed-animal lions as "bait" by Walter Palmer's house. pic.twitter.com/cPgC0s6S73
— Ted Haller (@TedHallerLegal) July 28, 2015
The water-gun hunters/performance-protesters call their hunt "unsuccessful." But left this behind. pic.twitter.com/OEYfpKroOP
— Ted Haller (@TedHallerLegal) July 28, 2015
As if story's not gratuitous enough, one more pic of faux-lion-hunter-quasi-thespian-protesters. #CecilTheLion pic.twitter.com/d2fRw925xi
— Ted Haller (@TedHallerLegal) July 28, 2015
@TedHallerFox9 …that's just odd on so many fronts.
— Randy Meier (@RandyMeierFox9) July 28, 2015
Next week on @Portlandia…
— Luis Guitart (@LuisGuitart) July 28, 2015
@TedHallerFox9 please don't give these morons any airtime
— John J. (@Lunchbox700) July 28, 2015
The story has been making the rounds of the world’s media, with international stations like Britain’s Sky News keeping an eye on Palmer’s home.
Int'l media has been outside Dr. Palmer's home all day. Just talked to crew from Sky News, plan to broadcast live later. #CecilTheLion
— Ted Haller (@TedHallerLegal) July 28, 2015
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