Cecil the lion's brother Jericho is not dead
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Jericho, the brother of Cecil the lion, is in all likelihood alive and well, according to conservation workers in Zimbabwe.
Trevor Lane, of the Bhejane Trust, a Zimbabwean conservation organization, confirmed toMashable that as of two hours ago, Jericho was still moving around based on GPS signals coming from his tracking device. The GPS device sends a signal every hour. Lane said that he had spoken to the researchers at Oxford who are tracking Jericho. They said he was seen in the company of a lioness and the pair were presumed to be mating.
There is an ongoing investigation into the death of another lion in the park, which was killed in early July, Lane said, but that lion is not Jericho.
"I think someone jumped the gun," in regards to Jericho's death, Lane said. "I don't know how on earth Jericho came into the picture."
The Guardian also reported that the researcher who put the collar on Jericho, Brent Staplekamp,said the lion was doing fine.
Cecil, the famous African lion, was killed by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer during an illegal 40-hour long hunt in early July — an opportunity Palmer paid $55,000 for.
Palmer, who has gone into hiding since the incident, initially attempted to defend his actions by claiming he was unaware the hunting operation he paid thousands for was illegal. People mourning Cecil's death by Palmer have turned the dentist's Bloomington, Minnesota offices into a sort of memorial, leaving stuffed animals alongside a sign that reads, "You are a coward and a killer," in blood-red paint.
"Both the professional hunter and land owner had no permit or quota to justify the offtake of the lion and therefore are liable for the illegal hunt," the Zimbabwe National Parks previously said.
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