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Saturday, August 01, 2015

Reports conflict on whether Cecil the lion's brother, Jericho, also killed

(CNN)Conflicting reports emerged on whether Jericho, the brother of slain Cecil the lion, was also killed Saturday in an illegal hunt in Zimbabwe.

Johnny Rodrigues, head of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, told CNN that a hunter illegally gunned down Jericho in Hwange National Park.

The task force also reported on its Facebook page that Jericho was killed at 4 p.m. local time.

Later, however, an Oxford University researcher tracking Jericho told CNN that the lion was alive and moving as of 8 p.m. local time Saturday, based on the GPS data from the animal's collar.

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2 comments:

Steve said...

Let's hope so. And to the rest,STOP killing for TROPHIES!

This is a sickness that needs to end.

Anonymous said...

No report of contact with the guide(s) who allegedly told the shooter that the lion was "fair game"?