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Why are people allowed to kill endangered species? Cecil the lion strolls around in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe in November 2012. (Paula French via AP) So you thought there was only one American health-care worker paying big bucks to slaughter majestic African wildlife and running afoul of authorities in Africa in the process? Turns out there’s another. Walter Palmer, meet, Jan Seski — doctor, Pennsylvania resident, hunter and, more recently, suspect. On Sunday, Zimbabwe’s National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority accused Seski, 68, a gynecologic oncologist and surgeon who practices in the Pittsburgh area, of illegally killing a lion in April, inflaming the growing international outrage sparked by Palmer’s killing of the iconic lion known as Cecil in early July. [Cecil the lion’s killer may have trouble avoiding extradition, experts say] The wildlife authority said Seski killed the animal — without approval — with a bow and arrow on land where it was not allowed, near Zimbabwe’s Hwange