Brother of Zimbabwe's lion Cecil appears alive and well: researcher

Reuters ^ | Sat Aug 1, 2015 | MACDONALD DZIRUTWE

[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.

[onyx]

ROTFL.
Ha ha ha.
All those lions had better be sleeping tonight!!!!

[1_Rain_Drop]

Thank you!
I was wondering who wrote that song but was too lazy to look it up.
I’ve been humming it ever since I first read about Cecil.

[Salamander]

Aw, shoot.

/shuffles feet and blushes

:)

[onyx]

SWEETEST YOU.

God bless and keep you!

I am re-living my High School days!!!

BTW, I see that I have received a new message in e-mail from my HS admirer - the QB of the Football Team...LOL.

Coincidence? Heck, I don’t know! LOL.

That guy has been chasing me for 50 years.....LOL.

[Viking2002]

I wanna strap her in a chair and make her not only listen to, but watch THIS!

[onyx]

*YOU* make me smile!
Good night.
God bless and keep you and everyone you hold precious.

[Salamander]

Egad....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[Salamander]

Same to you, Onyx.

Sweet dreams.

:)

[snuffy smiff]

What’s going to be really bad is when Jericho discovers he’s the new king and begins offing Cecil’s cubs...

[Viking2002]

Don't know if you should start drinking before or after you watch it...........

[onyx]

Ha Ha Ha Ha

Don’t you KNOW I was bporn and raised in SaN Diego?

I also KNOW EVERY WORD TO THAT SONG TOO!!!

Singing along right now.

Good God Almighty! I love that song!

I first met Jan and Dean in person when I was age 13 or 14! Jan remembered me YEARS after his accident!! We sat for hours in together in El Centro of all places.

I went to all the concerts in my day!

I was NOT a “wild child” by any stretch of the imagination, but I lived on the beach with my very strict parents.

[onyx]

Wolly Bully

[Viking2002]

If you really want to drive someone to insanity, they also have the ten hour long version HERE.

[onyx]

Are you kiddin me?

The Lion Sleeps Tonight? AND the Bird is the Word entertwined?

I must be drunk!

GOOD NIGHT!

[Viking2002]

Meh. My high school garage band sounded better than that. And we drank more than we played. LOL

[onyx]

^YOU^ belonged in So CA with me!!!

[Viking2002]

Psst......I think I ran her off. LOL!

[Salamander]

Brain overloaded.

Had to reboot.

:D

[onyx]

Yep!

Two drinks and I’m finished. LOL.

Nothing’s changed in 50 years!

I have to TRY to make one more post on our FReepathon thread.

[Viking2002]

I was tuned a bit left of center in the day, yes. LOL