It was a couple years ago that millionaire dentist Walter Palmer sparked global revulsion by killing Cecil the lion.
But if the bow-hunting fanatic was feeling the stress of being an international pariah, he certainly wasn't showing it on the anniversary of the famed animal's slaughter.
Far from keeping a low profile, the flash 56-year-old was seen taking a brand new Porsche Cayenne Turbo worth $120,000 for a spin.
He also stopped by a swish cocktail lounge on Thursday evening to meet a female friend despite a fresh outpouring of anger on social media.
The despised clinician looked relaxed and carefree as he chatted to valet staff and showed off his customized SUV before heading inside the Living Room bar at the W Hotel, Minneapolis.
'The guys were giving his Porsche some admiring glances and Palmer was happy to lap up the attention,' said an onlooker. 'He was smiling away and cracking jokes.
'This was not the look of a man who is haunted by what he's done. The anniversary of Cecil's death can't have meant that much to him.'
Palmer's River Bluffs dental surgery remained open for business all week in spite of fresh threats from animal rights activists - one posting on Twitter: 'Walter Palmer. Will Go Down in History As The Lowest Form Of Life..'
Another asked: 'Why is Palmer not imprisoned 4 killing Cecil Lion if he were Muslim he would = terrorist.'
Palmer and his family split their time between a five-bedroom, $1 million house in the nearby Minneapolis suburb of Eden Prairie and a waterfront vacation home in Marco Island, Florida.
Palmer also owns a 650-acre hunting lodge in Barnesville, northern Minnesota, where neighbors say he has a barn stocked with a menagerie of exotic animal heads, including a moose, bear, walrus and a lion.
His hunting has continued to rile neighbors there, with one filing a complaint that he used a pickup truck to herd deer illegally on to his 650-acre plot.
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Feb 2017: Walter Palmer, one of the most popular dentists in Minnesota, is having a great night tonight as he watches the Oscars with Cecil the lion’s head at his feet.
“Just a quiet one tonight with me and my boys,” said Palmer. “I mean, it’s a little nippy outside. Minneapolois is -2 this evening, so it’s good to have Cecil warming the toes as we watch the Academy Awards.”
“People have forgotten about Cecil at this stage,” says Palmer. “Do you think he’d still be alive in the wild? Personally, i doubt it. Africa is a pretty wild place. He’s safer here, all toasty with me.”
Palmer’s friend Chip said: “Cecil has been around so long, that we just kind of forget about him at this stage. Is it wrong to say that he’s part of the furniture?!”
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