Cecil the lion’s brother Jericho is not dead despite rumors, say researchers

[Shrek]

Source: The Guardian

Despite reports that Cecil the lion’s brother Jericho had been shot dead by a poacher, a field researcher at Hwange Lion Research said on Saturday: “He looks alive and well.”

Another conservation worker said the lion had been seen with a female earlier in the day, “probably mating”.

Brent Staplekamp put the collar on Jericho and was monitoring his data on Saturday. Staplekamp told the Guardian he was confident that Jericho is “alive and well”.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/01/jericho-not-dead-cecil-the-lion-zimbabwe

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[jpak]

1. Yay!

[spiderpig]

2. He'd better be alive and well.

After hearing the initial report I threw up my hands & said "I'm glad I'm old. I've had it with humans".

I can look at all the good-spirited people who have expressed outrage all over the world. I appreciate them and feel fellowship with them in their defense of wildlife and our earth. But for the stinking underbelly of homo sapiens who exploit the whole damn planet for personal gratification and attention - well, you get the idea.

[Jack Rabbit]

3. I know

I posted on the other thread. I think I'll leave it there, though.

[burrowowl]

26. Where did you get I'm for the Fringe Candidate?

Love it!

[Jack Rabbit]

27. Right here

Please click here.

Come join the Bernie Group.

The "fringe" logo was created by Jackpine Radical shortly before he passed away this Spring.

[avebury]

5. I would love to see the group Anonymous get involved

with tracking down poachers, trophy hunters and thos that help them to slaughter endangered species.

It is very difficult in the 21st Century to not leave electronic footprints of your actions. Anonymous has the talent and resources to make their lives total hell.

[starroute]

16. They've been known to go after people who abuse kittycats

Lions shouldn't be too much of a stretch...

[okasha]

31. Lions are kittycats.

They're just a bit larger than the domestic variety.

[Starry Messenger]

15. Same here!

[okasha]

4. Kick

to keep this close to other thread.

[Gregorian]

6. I should have trusted my spidey senses.

There was a little voice that said "Oh, really?".

Yay! Faith in humanity goes up a tiny fraction.

[heaven05]

7. good news

I was very depressed behind this report....lightens my day some. Yes in spite of the killing of unarmed POC which has saddened my life greatly, the Cecil thing was just a pile on in my book. No respect of life from the human being hunters and endangered species/animal hunters....a train be a-coming. Many tracks, many trains.

[BarbaRosa]

8. I hope, I hope, I hope

this is true. ((((((Jericho)))))

[cindyperry]

9. i know

I am so hoping he is okay

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. I read that all this has brought in a ton of money

for the conservationists.

This park is a very lush area full of wildlife. It is a huge tourist draw. A lot of people have invested a ton of money in the park building roads and bringing in water and making it a really nice tourist attraction that brings in a lot of money for the area.

So having someone illegally kill one of the most famous lions was really devastating for all the people who work in and around the park. And this isn't the first time this has happened. Other lions have been lured out of the park and killed. It was just the straw that broke the camel's back so to speak.

Even if they had killed the lion on private land it was still illegal. No hunting permits for lions had been issued. I guess they do have lion hunts but they are very strictly controlled.

So now all big game hunting of lions, jaguars and elephants has been suspended. I just read that legal big game hunting brings in about 40 million dollars a year so this is a very big deal.

After all of this they probably have fifty people watching Jericho at all times.

[Tommy2Tone]

10. Good News

[catrose]

12. Oh, thank you

I'll go shake the tears out of my keyboard now.

[roguevalley]

13. my uncles lived and worked in Africa all their lives. All I could think of was my uncle

davey and how sick he would be over this. He was an agronamist who helped with land use management with the United Nations. He loved africa and so do I. Nothing personifies africa more than lions. I find myself struggling not to loathe humans.

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. Humans are odd, aren't they.

It's like a constant war of the good guys vs the bad guys.

There are so many really awful people on this earth. But there are also a ton of people who are really good. We kind of balance each other out.

[Cleita]

17. Eh, I think our time as a species on this earth is numbered.

Unless we can bring the psychopaths who own and run everything under control and turn things around into an earth friendly environment for all species, I think Mother Earth is gonna get rid of us or drastically reduce our numbers like in the Middle Ages when the Bubonic plague wiped out a huge chunk of the population as a warning.

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. That is a definite possibility

I hate what we've done to this earth . The earth will go on but we may not be here
And that may not be a bad thing

[passiveporcupine]

29. I'm waiting for aliens to do it

But I do think we will most likely do it to ourselves.

[Cleita]

30. Most of us aren't doing it. But we have those uncontrollable industrialists who are doing it

in our name. We have to push them back. I'm still awed with the Greenpeacers who tried to stop that ice breaker from going to the arctic to drill for oil and the kayakers who backed them up. We need so much more of this. After all we are millions against their thousands.

[roamer65]

33. The planet will be pretty much unusable after we go.

Fukushima Daichi was the key to showing how most life could end on Earth. If the spent fuel pools of reactors around the world lose their cooling (i.e. mass plague, nuclear war, etc.) there will be a mass of radioactive fires worldwide. Lethal radiation would spread in a very short time. It would basically become an ELE, a lot like the asteroid impact 65 million years ago.

[flamingdem]

24. What countries do you love the most in Africa?

Considering a trip there some day, an NPR report said things are much improved for the people there but the old image of starving children is still what is in the popular imagination.

[Uncle Joe]

18. Well I'm glad to hear that.

Thanks for the thread, Shrek.

[flamingdem]

19. Long Live Jericho!

The conservation group that announced his death, intentional or not, got people's attention to their cause.

It's just to easy to say - well let his brother handle it.. okay what's on the the teevee.

[Cleita]

20. I think someone should set up a Jericho cam so we can watch the pride in real time and

keep the poachers at bay. The Decorah Eagles got a large following. Why not the lions?

[flamingdem]

22. A researcher is going out to photograph him tomorrow

it would be great if Jericho becomes an internet star - more donations, more concern about poachers and the bribes behind it all

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

21. I'm glad if he's alive, but I'm pissed about the initial report.

I must have told 3 or 4 people that until now had a modicum of respect for me. Now I get to go to each of them and grovel. I hate shit like this!!!!

But I am sooooo happy if Jericho is still alive and taking care of the young-ins.

[flamingdem]

23. Not just you, CNN reported it

but umm we do know they can be hasty, but at least you aren't the only one.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

35. Great, I can blame CNN! Whew!!

[calimary]

28. Oh God! I hope so!

Fingers crossed! Prayers said! We can't afford to lose these magnificent cats. Or any of these other rare, endangered animals.

Can't.

[Gothmog]

32. This is great news

[yellowcanine]

34. I'm not dead yet!

"I feel fine!" - Jericho

[elias49]

36. I think it's awesome that brother stepped in!

Shows more 'humanity' than some humans would display presented with similar circumstances.
You go Jericho!

[magical thyme]

37. WildCRU confirmed this morning, spotted him feeding with his pride

Alive and well: Jericho the lion, who has been caring for the cubs of slain lion Cecil, was spotted and photographed early this morning by a field research team from WildCRU

A field research team from the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) went out at dawn to track Jericho and confirm he was alive.

The team confirmed that Jericho was seen alive and well at 6.15am (5.15am GMT).

Professor Macdonald added: 'Jericho was seen alive and well at 6.15am. He has been feeding on a giraffe kill with the lionesses from his pride.'

The group added that while Jericho is not Cecil's biological brother, the two had developed a bond that was like brotherhood.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3182796/Relief-Jericho-brother-slain-lion-Cecil-ALIVE-despite-reports-victim-poachers.html