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In mid-March 2018, social media rumors appeared that Walter Palmer, a trophy hunter responsible for the 2015 death of Cecil the Lion, was appointed by the Trump administration to its Wildlife Conservation Council: The rumor appears to have come from misleading (or misconstrued) articles. For example, on 16 March 2018, WashingtonPress.com published a post with a confusing headline: That post referenced a Mother Jones piece published the same day, which did not say Walter Palmer was on the council. The article stated that of sixteen council members, ten have an affiliation with trophy-hunting lobby group Safari Club International, one of whom is Walter Palmer: Safari Club International, or SCI, has an estimated 50,000 members. The claim was widely misinterpreted, with many inferring from reports that the Trump administration had personally appointed Walter Palmer to the International Wildlife Conservation Council. Formation of the group was announced on 8 November 2017. Palmer was not listed among its sixteen members.
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