Read more: What we know about Walter Palmer, the Minnesota dentist accused of killing Cecil the lion 
 
 Read more: Hunter, author, longtime acquaintance defends Walter Palmer 
 
 Earlier Tuesday, the Telegraph newspaper of London identified Palmer as the hunter who shot Cecil and reported that he paid $54,000 for the hunt. The Telegraph said the lion was illegally lured out of Hwange National Park, where it had protected status, and onto a neighboring game farm, where Palmer was on safari. As the Telegraph’s report and subsequent news coverage spread on the Internet, commenters took to the Facebook page of Palmer’s River Bluff Dental with a vengeance. The settlement included references to his bear-hunting conviction and “substandard record keeping.” 
 
 Poaching charges 
 
 The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority and the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe said Tuesday that a local guide and a farm owner are facing poaching charges and that they are expected in court Wednesday. It did not address any legal consequences for Palmer. During a nighttime pursuit, the hunters tied a dead animal to their car to lure the lion out of the national park, said Johnny Rodrigues, chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force. I had a licence for my client to shoot a lion with a bow and arrow in the area where it was shot." A group of hunters tracked the lion for 40 hours before killing him with a rifle, the newspaper said. He was found decapitated and skinned, The Guardian reported.
– Walter Palmer of Bloomington, Minnesota, just might be the most reviled dentist in the world at the moment. After being identified by the Telegraph as the big-game hunter who illegally shot a protected lion in Africa, Palmer has issued a statement blaming his guides, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt," says Palmer in a statement. "I relied on the expertise of my local professional guides to ensure a legal hunt.” Palmer's whereabouts were unknown today, and his office appears to have been shut quickly, judging by one patient who showed up only to learn it was closed. Palmer, who has a conviction for poaching a bear in the US, promised to cooperate with authorities in Zimbabwe, where the safari took place. In the meantime, he's become Public Enemy No. 1 on the Internet, with death threats and criticism consuming any public pages affiliated with him or his dentistry, notes BuzzFeed. “I deeply regret that my pursuit of an activity I love and practice responsibly and legally resulted in the taking of this lion,” says Palmer's statement.