Social-media users have gone into overdrive in an attempt to shame the man who has admitted to killing Cecil the lion.

There was a global outcry when Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota, admitted to killing Zimbabwe’s most famous lion on a hunting trip. He has now been swamped with abuse and dark humour from web users around the world.

Hundreds of – predominantly one-star – reviews have appeared on the Google page for Palmer’s dental practice. “Coward” and “Bloodthirsty trophy hunter”, they say. “He lured me into his dental practice, then shot me with a bow and arrow,” another jokes. The same is happening on Yelp, despite the best efforts of the site to cull the bogus reviews. “Yelp, keep deleting… I’ll keep reposting… I have ALL DAY,” reads one, adding: “shame on you Walter Palmer”. The Facebook page for his practice suffered a similar fate, before being shut down.

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