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Zimbabwean justice. struck down with a bow in the dead of night. it's led to global outrage at walter palmer the minnesota dentist who killed cecil. facing a social media storm, he temporarily closed his practice and has gone underground. official are working to extradite him. >> it was properly orchestrated in the world financed to make sure that -- >> reporter: the local guides go on trial next week. if guilty of poaching they could spend ten years in one of the zimbabwe's most notorious prisons. his lawyers say they are innocent and palmer says he is too, blaming it all the on the guides. c...

Palmer's lawyers could not be reached, and a spokesman said he had no information on that case. extradition proceedings can be notoriously slow but zimbabwe has a treaty with the united states and public pressure is mounting. the obama administration to act, more than 100,000 people signed a petition calming for palmer to be sent to zimbabwe to face the law. cecil was the dominant male of a large pride. he had more than a dozen young cubs. now conservationists worry those cubs will be killed by a rival lion. we know at this stage that they are fine but their future could be very bleak indeed. ...