The killing of 13-year-old rare black-maned lion Cecil sparked controversy around the world, and on Tuesday, the game park owner who allowed the American tourist illegally hunt down the lion has been charged, according to ABC News.

Honest Ndlovu, the owner of the game park in which Cecil was lured to from his home on the adjacent Hwange National Park, was charged with permitting "a person who is not ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe to hunt the said animal which was not on the hunting quota."

Ndlovu's lawyer Tonderai Mukuku said that the park owner denied the charge and was set free in a $200 bail, with the condition of returning to court on September 18.

Local hunter Theo Bronkhorst, who was accused of failing to prevent Mr. Palmer from killing Cecil, will also be appearing in the same Hwange court on September 28.

Palmer remained in hiding since news of his big kill came to light, but he was spotted for the first time since wearing a red shirt and blue jeans on Sunday in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

The following day, his dental practice opened for the first time in a month, yet he remained absent from work.

According to the Daily Mail, both American and Zimbabwean governments are considering legal action against the 55-year-old.

Since news of the kill erupted, press and civilians have been on his tail, with reports of his Forida home vandalized with graffiti and pigs' feet.

Things have become so bad that he was reported to have employed a new security guard to stand at the door of his practice.

Cecil was not the first big game that got Palmer in trouble with the law.

Although he has hunted other animals - including moose, dear, buffalo, mountain lions, and polar bears - he had a run-in with the law for killing a black bear in Wisconsin without a license.

Palmer pleaded guilty to the felony charge, as well as for making false statements to the US Fish and Wildlife Service after he shot the animal outside the authorized hunting zone.

Palmer killed the black-maned lion with a rifle 40 hours after he had the lion wounded with a bow and arrow as he and his guides tracked the beast.

The lion, which was subject of an Oxford University research project, was then beheaded after he finally died.

As of the moment, however, no charges have been filed against Palmer, who paid $55,000 for the hunt.

However, NBC News reported that Zimbabwe wants Palmer extradited from the United States so he can face trial.

Do you think that Palmer should be charged for the murder of the loved lion, or should he get a free pass because he insisted on believing the hunt to be legal?