Brother of Zimbabwe*s lion Cecil is
actually alive: researcher
~!~ The brother of Cecil, the lion killed in Zimbabwe by an American hunter last month, is not dead, a researcher monitoring the pride told Reuters, contradicting media reports that Jericho had been killed//(ukcanadaus)
~!~ **He looks alive and well to me as far as I can tell,** said Brent Stapelkamp, field researcher for the Hwange Lion Research Project which is monitoring the lion with a GPS tag//(ukcanadaus)
~!~ A group called the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force posted on its Facebook page that Jericho had been killed at 4 p//m// on Saturday, a report picked up by some Western news media that was rapidly spread on Twitter//(ukcanadaus)