{Zimbabwe has requested the extradition of an American dentist, Walter Palmer, to face poaching charges after killing a collared lion named Cecil, a government minister said.}<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve instructed the police and prosecutor general to write to the U.S. government seeking the extradition of Palmer,\u201d Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri told reporters in the capital, Harare, on Friday. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe want Palmer to face the full wrath of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cecil was killed this month outside Hwange National Park in north-western Zimbabwe, where he was a star attraction among tourists. <\/p>\n
A professional hunter, Theo Bronkhorst, was granted bail of $1,000 after appearing in a court on Wednesday for helping Palmer shoot the lion.<\/p>\n
Cecil was killed by a bow and arrow and wasn\u2019t listed on the hunting permit, according to court documents.<\/p>\n
The lion was collared and monitored as part of an Oxford University research project. <\/p>\n
Palmer, from Minnesota, said in a statement to the Star Tribune he believed he had legally hunted the animal and that he didn\u2019t know it was collared.<\/p>\n
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