Botswana condemns the killing of a lion in Zimbabwe
Friday, July 31, 2015
In a press statement released on Friday afternoon, government spokesperson Jeff Ramsay condemned the killing of the famed lion.
“The Government of Botswana has learnt with deep concern of the killing of a collared and protected lion by an American national, Walter James Palmer,” read the statement.
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