Watch: Cecil the Lion's killer expresses agitation in first interview

The U.S. dentist whose killing of Cecil the lion fueled a global backlash emerged on Sunday for an interview in which he disputed some accounts of the hunt, expressed agitation at the animosity directed at those close to him and said he would be back at work within days. Walter Palmer, who has spent more than a month out of sight after becoming the target of protests and threats, intends to return to his suburban Minneapolis dental practice on Tuesday. In an evening interview conducted jointly by The Associated Press and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Palmer said again that he believes he acted legally and that he was stunned to find out his hunting party had killed one of Zimbabwe's treasured animals. "If I had known this lion had a name and was important to the country or a study obviously I wouldn't have taken it,"