UPDATE: There is hope that Jericho is still alive

[avebury]

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Once again, because the vile actions of humans, Cecil's cubs are once again at risk.

As much as I am against the death penalty, I would favor having the death penatly for poachers and trophy hunters.


Cecil the lion's brother Jericho has been shot dead in a park in Zimbabwe.
The animal was protecting his lion cubs after he was shot dead by Minnesota dentist, Walter Palmer earlier this month, sparking outrage around the world.
Johnny Rodrigues, Chairman for Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, said in a statement: 'It is with great sadness and regret that we report that Jericho was shot dead at 4pm this afternoon.
'We have no further details but will advise as soon as we know more.'



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3182428/Cecil-s-brother-Jericho-shot-dead-poachers-Zimbabwean-park.html


UPDATE: Oh please oh please let Jericho be alive.

Reuters has posted the following story:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/01/us-zimbabwe-wildlife-lion-jericho-idUSKCN0Q63CQ20150801

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.


tapelkamp said readings from Jericho's GPS tag indicated he was moving around as usual and appeared to be with a female.

"When I heard that report, I had a look on the computer and his movements look regular. He sent a GPS point from his collar from 8:06 p.m. (02:06 p.m. EDT). Everything looks fine," Stapelkamp told Reuters.

Earlier on Saturday, Zimbabwe's parks authority imposed an indefinite ban on big game hunting outside the national park from which Cecil was lured before being killed on July 1.

A source at the parks agency told Reuters a second lion had been killed illegally by a foreign hunter in Zimbabwe on July 3. That has not been confirmed by officials.

[villager]

1. Poachers need to be shot on sight.

n/t

[bluedigger]

5. +1

[avebury]

10. And then strung up on site as a message.

I hope that there will be som much public outrage around the world that it will result in the end of trophy hunting and poaching will be a capital crime with poachers shot on sight.

I am so devestated about the bleak future for Cecil's cubs. I wish that they could be rescued before it is too late for them too.

[LisaL]

22. No one is left to protect the cubs now.

Horrible.

[jmowreader]

23. No. They should not.

They should be captured, taken to court, given a fair trial, and be executed by firing squad (or, in nations with majority Islamic populations, by public beheading) at 8 p.m. in an event broadcast on every television station in Africa. And then they need to make posters and billboards with the picture of the dead poacher, with the caption "If you illegally kill African wildlife, this will be done to you."

If they're just "shot on sight," their friends can believe they were just killed by a crocodile or something.

[Eleanors38]

31. Uh, well, Kenya has been doing this for years, and?...

I don't support the death penalty (formerly, a liberal stance). No known deterrent effect.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. What the fucking fuck?!

[GitRDun]

3. There really are no words...

If it turns out to be another American, the outcry will be unbelievable.

[malaise]

24. Are you serious?

Where is the outcry for the one million dead Iraqis from an illegal war and occupation - not even a war crime charge??

[GitRDun]

25. This is ABSOLUTELY WHAT I LOVE ABOUT DU.

I make a comment about poachers, and you are magically able to transport yourself thru the computer, read my mind, and ASSUME you know anything about how I feel about war criminals like Bush and Cheney...lol.

For someone with as many posts as you have, you sure haven't learned much at DU.

[malaise]

26. And I don't expect to learn much from you

Tata

[GitRDun]

27. lol i am sure you won't

Enjoy your certainty...hope you don't crash into reality too often. It can be painful.

[HipChick]

29. Agree...

Hard to have outrage over lions when African Americans males are being hunted and systematically murdered right here in good 'old U S of A

[malaise]

30. Males and females as well

with a lot less outrage. That said I detest people who hunt for anything other than food.

[Eleanors38]

32. God, Malaise, is this the second time I agree with you? nt

[malaise]

34. You tell me!

I'm not counting

[Eleanors38]

35. I think so. As one of my pro-2A friends confided to me after a big argument...

"There are some people who really shouldn't have guns."

[onecaliberal]

4. These people deserve what they intend for these

Animals. They are in their own land in their own habitats. What in the complete fucking hell. It's like showing up to someone's house and killing them to hang their head on a wall.

[ohheckyeah]

6. Just too

fucking much by these asshole "hunters".

[alphafemale]

7. I think within a couple of years we will begin to see zoo animals targeted.

They are already going after animals in the preserves. What is the next logical step?

[Cleita]

12. Yep. Much easier to kill an animal in a cage.

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We already do that with birds. Thinking of the Texas hunting incident with Dick Cheney when he shot the guy in the face. The birds were caged and then released so the "hunters" could shoot them as they flew away.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. Drop the hunters into a lion's compound at the zoo

in front of lion's that haven't been fed in awhile. Bare hands against bare teeth. It's a better fighting chance than the hunters with guns give the lions in the wild.

[Cleita]

9. I hope it's a mistake, but it's awful if true.

[mnhtnbb]

11. What is wrong with people?

That is just too sad.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. There's plenty of outrage against the hunters but

what about the people buying the products of poachers? What about the people who pay thousands of dollars for rhino horns or leopards' pelts?

[dsc]

15. they are bad

but had nothing at all to do with Cecil's death.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

19. I (hopefully) think this has mobilized people on an entire issue and not just an isolated event

I wouldn't be nearly as sad and outraged if I knew this wasn't widespread and that organizations like Safari Club International didn't exist

[Eleanors38]

33. Take away SCI, and it's all now-paramilitary poachers with the ability to corrupt

entire governments. Regulated hunting, like it or no, is a dust-up in a hurricane.

[SwissTony]

14. Careful...this is the Daily Fail

no typo, by the way.

Is there any independent corroboration?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. It's all over cable - CNN reporting it every few minutes

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/01/world/cecil-the-lion-brother-jericho-illegally-killed/index.html

[SwissTony]

20. Thanks for that. n/t

[DeepModem Mom]

17. OMG, I can't even. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Is there no end to the cruelty in this world??? nt

[Little Star]

18. I don't understand why people do this shit!...

Lock their asses up & throw away the key. Sick bastards!

[shanti]

21. oh god

what the fucking hell is going on???

[Pisces]

28. When the aliens get here and treat us like the dumb animals we are, I guess people will rethink

what we have done to other species on this planet.

[egduj]

36. Who's responsible for naming all the lions?