Extradition of lion hunter sought

Zimbabwe has requested the extradition of an American dentist, Walter Palmer, to face poaching charges after killing a collared lion named Cecil, a government minister said. “We’ve instructed the police and prosecutor general to write to the U.S. government seeking the extradition of Palmer,” Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri said in the capital, Harare, on Friday. “We want Palmer to face the full wrath of the law.”