After illegally killing Cecil, a prized Zimbabwe lion
back in July and being disgraced by people all over the world, the dentist from
Minnesota, Walter Palmer has announced he will be returning to work this
Tuesday after having been in hiding for the past 6 weeks. He spoke to the Associated Press and Minneapolis
Star Tribune recently saying "I have a lot of staff members, and I'm a
little heartbroken at the disruption in their lives.” Palmer’s received an incredibly large amount
of hate and grief from people and has been out of the public eye for nearly the
past two months. He says this situation
has been incredibly difficult on his wife and daughter, he has grown a lot from
this experience, and he never would have killed the lion had he known it had a
name and was important to the country of Zimbabwe.
While I think it’s awful what Palmer did, I do
sympathize for him because he has received so much hate when he was unaware
that his actions were illegal. Palmer
has spoken to the press saying he never would have killed Cecil the lion had he
known it was prized in Zimbabwe, and he does feel remorseful. This whole event is important because it
emphasizes what a great impact social media now has on current events. Walter Palmer and his family members’ lives has
been awful for the past 6 weeks because this story can now be so easily shared
through the internet and social media sites.
With a click of a button, people can share what he did, write
disgraceful things about him, and allow thousands of people to see it. 10 years ago, we did not have these resources
to share in an instant and publicly shame someone for something they did so
rapidly and widespread.
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