Posted on 08/01/2015 9:55:07 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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.
"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.
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.
That generated a furious reaction on the social networking site where animal lovers had already been expressing their fury at the killing on July 1 of Cecil, a rare black-maned lion that was a familiar sight at Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park.
Stapelkamp said readings from Jericho's GPS tag indicated he was moving around as usual and appeared to be with a female.
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He was just meditating or hibernating, or pining for something.
BTW - I can still sing along.
I remember EVERY word!!!
Too bad I can’t remember where I left my reading glasses 3 minutes ago! LOLOLOL.
LOL! Good one.
Hey while we’re on the topic of Zimbabwe, how about the looming genocide that’s about to occur there?
Nah, I’m an idiot for bringing such up.
You...you...SPECIST!
:D
Yeah...so am I.
IN MY HEAD...OVER AND OVER!
Arrrrrrgh!
LOL
So can I remember every word.
IN MY HEAD...OVER AND OVER!!!
Arrrrgh!
:D
He was a good friend of mine...
/bwahahahahaa
I watched a History Channel show about ‘deadly seas’ last night and I kid you not, one of the ships featured was named The Norwegian Blue.
The sailor told some harrowing story but all I could think was “if it weren’t nailed to the perch...”.
Let’s get her!
;D
LOLOLOL.
I’m still replaying the song
But, is actually a lioness in drag
ROTFLOLOL.
XOXOXOXOXO
I am smiling!
You guys are the very best!!!
XOXOXO
The black sheep brother ‘s response on hearing the death of his elder sibling, “heavens to murgatroid!”
oh. my. breaking news.
You’re so brilliant.
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