Zimbabwe has linked a Pennsylvania doctor to an investigation into illegal lion hunting.

Zimbabwe has started extradition procedures against Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer. The number of US citizens extradited each year to face charges in other countries is less than 100.

Social media users have lashed out on Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota, USA, who admitted to killing Cecil the lion.

The killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe by American dentist and trophy hunter Walter Palmer is being investigated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

An American dentist is wanted by police in Zimbabwe after a well-known protected lion was killed.