Dr. Jan Seski

American doctor defends killing Cecil the lion

The Zimbabwe government said Sunday that Dr. Jan Seski of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, used a bow and arrow in April to kill a lion without approval, on land where such hunting was not allowed.

But in a statement issued by his attorney, Seski said he had engaged in a "lawfully permitted hunt" and that it happened in July, not April, as Zimbabwe officials had said.