Zimbabwe has charged a man on whose land Cecil the lion was shot by US dentist Walter Palmer in July.

Charges have not been filed against Palmer, according to prosecutors, while in Minnesota the dentist has reopened his practice.

Prosecutors accuse Honest Ndlovu, whose property is near the vast Hwange National Park in western Zimbabwe, of allowing an illegal hunt on his land.

Ndlovu allowed Palmer to hunt and kill Cecil with a bow and arrow without a quota for a lion hunt on his farm, which is separated from the park by a railway track, said prosecutors.

Ndlovu is free on $200 bail and the case has been postponed to September 18. The charge carries a one-year jail term or $400 fine, Ndlovu’s lawyer Tonderai Mukuku said.

Palmer was named in court as the hunting client but there was no mention of charges against him, said Mukuku.

Zimbabwe’s Environment, Water and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri said in July that Palmer should be extradited for killing the lion.