trial next week. if guilty of poaching they could spend ten years in one of zimbabwe s notorious prisons. their lawyers say they are innocent and palmer says he is too, blaming it on his guides. cnn learned that a hunter with the same name, age and from the same town as palmer admitted to lying to u.s. authorities in 2006 in the illegal killing of a black bear in wisconsin. palmer s lawyers could not be reached. his spokesman said he had no information on that case. extradition proceedings can be notoriously slow. zimbabwe has a treaty with the united states. and public pressure is mounting for the obama administration to act. more than 100,000 people signed a petition calling for palmer to be sent to zimbabwe to face the law. cecil was the dominant male in a large pride and had more than a dozen young cubs.
more than 100,000 people signed a petition calling for palmer to be sent to zimbabwe to face the law. experts say that extraditing palmer to zimbabwe might be unlikely. he has, in fact, contacted the u.s. fish and wildlife service through a representative. they are conducting their own investigation. christie? thank you so much. next hour, we are going to be joined by ted simon. he is an international law expert and has details on whether an extradition is possible in this case. i want to let you know the governor of california has declared a state of emergency. look at the pictures we are getting in here. we have nearly two dozen wildfires burning across california right now. we are learning a firefighter has died as he was working to put something out. we will learn more on who that man is and how the wildfires
extradition proceedings can be notoriously slow as zimbabwe has a treaty with the united states. pressure is mounting. more than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for palmer to be sent to zimbabwe to face the law. brooke cecil was the dominant lion in that pride and had more than a dozen young cubs. conservationists worry that a rival lion could come in and kill cecil s cubs. we know that at this stage they are okay but their future could be very bleak indeed. brooke? david mckenzie thanks so much. now to ed leafavandera who is following the reaction. there was a plea from the u.s. authorities for palmer to contact them. we know that has happened in some form or fashion through a representative of the dentist? what was said there? it s interesting because when we spoke yesterday it was more