Walter Palmer’s Hunting Buddies Reassure Him That He’s A Total Fucking Badass

HUNTING buddies of Walter Palmer, the American at the centre of a worldwide backlash against the killing of the beloved Zimbabwean lion known as Cecil, have rallied around the beleaguered Minneapolis dentist and congratulated him on being such a badass motherfucker.

Palmer, believed to have paid $50,000 for the right to hunt and kill a lion while on safari in Zimbabwe, bore the brunt of a tsunami of vitriol after it emerged that the animal he had killed was in actual fact a protected lion who had been lured away from an animal sanctuary before being killed.

Claiming that he had no knowledge that the lion he hunted was in fact, Cecil, Palmer was forced to close his dental practice in Minneapolis as angry crowds protested outside, calling for his prosecution.

Despite all this, Mr. Palmer has found support from the wider hunting community, who look upon his taking of Cecil as a monumental achievement, adding that the dentist should pass no remarks of anyone that doesn’t think he’s a total fucking badass.

“Guy kills a male lion with a bow and fucking arrow, and people are giving him shit over it?” said Mort Harmon, avid hunter and supporter of Mr. Palmer.

“Some people have no clue how hard it is to take one of these animals down in the wild. Walter had to sit in the back of a jeep for hours while his guides lured the lion out, at night mind you, and then hit the animal with an arrow in the dark. Even with the lion standing still in the glare of a flood light, that’s pretty hardcore. All these pussies crying about animal rights have probably never found themselves staring into the eyes of a carnivore, with only the most expensive hunting equipment available to protect themselves with”.

Harmon went on to reassure Palmer that people who oppose the hunting of endangered animals are just cowards, and to that he should continue showing those dumbass lions who the real boss is around here.