
Protesters call attention to the alleged poaching of Cecil the lion, in the parking lot of Dr. Walter Palmer's River Bluff Dental Clinic on July 29, 2015 in Bloomington, Minnesota.
JOHANNESBURG - The US dentist who shot iconic Zimbabwean lion Cecil continues to take a hammering on the Internet.
Walter Palmer has reportedly gone into hiding as an international backlash grows.
WalterPalmer is bearing the brunt of much of humanity&39;s disgust at the way we mistreat the world&39;s other animal species. CecilTheLion
— I am an African (@Clint_ZA) July 30, 2015
WalterPalmer even if that lion wasn&39;t famous, you&39;d still be heartless and cruel for killing any animal at all.
— Mon Yianni (@Monica_Yianni) July 30, 2015
Send him to Zimbabwe and put him in Jail CecilTheLion https://t.co/EI3x0uh8pp
— Kim Kaos (@KimKaosDK) July 30, 2015
Protests are being held outside his Minnesota practice.
CecilTheLion protestors chant: JusticeForCecil outside WalterPalmer dentist office in Bloomington, MN pic.twitter.com/81ZUrx8kW7
— Jennifer Mayerle (@jennifermayerle) July 29, 2015
Celebrities have weighed in.
WalterPalmer is Satan. I don&39;t know how anyone could go to this man for dental services after this. He is a killer. Beware!
— Sharon Osbourne (@MrsSOsbourne) July 28, 2015
I love lions,met this cat many yrs ago. One of the most memorable moments of my life cecil the lion. pic.twitter.com/5dDQTUIuki
— Geri Horner (@GeriHalliwell) July 29, 2015
Actress Mia Farrow tweeted his address, and now his phone number has been retweeted hundreds of times.
RIP CecilTheLion I&39;m struggling to imagine anything more beautiful than this pic.twitter.com/lile3Kb2dk
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) July 28, 2015