Even public relations specialists are clamoring to distance themselves from Cecil the lion killer

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Walter Palmer.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/conf-hed-article-1.2311727

It’s not clear whether Palmer has managed to find an agency willing to take on his case.

Maybe he shouldn’t get his hopes up. Industry website PR Week surveyed its professional readers, asking, “Would you rep the dentist who killed Cecil the Lion?” The site reported nearly 90% said they’d turn him away. “The PR community has been in universal agreement that this crosses an ethical line,” it said. “Many believe no amount of PR can fix the damage caused by Palmer’s own actions.”

Confidenti@l has also discovered that print publications in which Palmer advertises are beginning to run for the hills as well. National beauty publication New Beauty, which ran ads for his Minnesota practice, River Bluff Dental, has severed ties with him.

As if anyone were in any doubt about the trouble Palmer’s business is in, you know a brand has become radioactive when magazines won’t take its money.

“NewBeauty became aware of Dr. Walter Palmer’s personal activities this morning as it began surfacing in the press,” the mag posted on Facebook last week, when the scandal broke. “We are equally as disappointed in what transpired, and we have ceased all advertising ties with him and his business.”

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Maybe this sort of thing will be what it takes to discourage trophy hunting.

I hope the negative publicity and resulting damage to his business that Palmer is getting might make at least some other assholes decide to take up a different "hobby" - something where they can show off their machismo and their money but that doesn't hurt other creatures (except maybe themselves). Flying in the Reno Air Races, for example, is dangerous and expensive - but it also requires skill. Climb Mount Everest, maybe? You have to be physically fit, but making the summit might actually impress the waitresses in your local watering hole more than showing them a photo of the dead animal you killed. In any event, I really hope trophy hunters become social pariahs; the sort of people you wouldn't invite to a swanky dinner party, any more than you'd invite a pimp or a pornographer or Bill Cosby.

If they become socially radioactive and people find them disgusting rather than impressive, that will be even more effective than legal sanctions.

[hollysmom]

2. I am waiting for Trump to get a hit because of his bully sons. so far not happening.