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Jericho the lion, said to be pictured at Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015.(Photo: Brent Stampelkamp)
Jericho, a lion ally of Zimbabwe's beloved poaching victim<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Cecil, is alive and well, the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Zimbabwe wildlife authority and researchers said Sunday.
The killing of Cecil by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer<span style="color: Red;">*</span>during an allegedly illegal hunt sparked a global outcry in recent days. On Saturday, the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force reported<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that Jericho, who was seen taking care of Cecil's cubs, had also been poached.
Brent Stapelkamp, who is following Jericho's movements in the Hwange National Park with the help of a satellite collar on the lion, posted Sunday on Facebook that the big cat is alive.
The good news came as Zimbabwe<span style="color: Red;">*</span>wildlife authorities alleged that a second American had killed a lion in an illegal hunt several months ago.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Zimbabwe government named<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jan Casmir Sieski of Murrysville, Pa., as a suspect in another illegal lion hunt, CBS reported. Few details on that hunt were available.
Meanwhile,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in a post on Oxford University's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Wildlife Conservation Research Unit website,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>WildCRU's Director David Macdonald <span style="color: Red;">*</span>confirmed that Jericho is alive. Both lions were<span style="color: Red;">*</span>part of the WildCRU study<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Stapelkamp is working on.
Macdonald<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said following reports of Jericho's death Saturday, the organization's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>field research team and a ranger from<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Zimbabwe's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>national parks authority set out at daybreak Sunday to look for him.
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Status of Jericho the lion disputed
"Jericho was seen alive and well at 6.15 a.m," he said. "He has been feeding on a giraffe kill with the lionesses from his pride."
The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority also released a photograph of Jericho that it said was taken Sunday morning, the Associated Press reported. The statement from the wildlife authority said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Cecil and Jericho<span style="color: Red;">*</span>were partners in a "coalition" but were not related, according to the news agency.
In a Facebook post<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Sunday, the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force<span style="color: Red;">*</span>apologized for the incorrect report the day before. It blamed a case of mistaken identity.
"Jericho is in fact alive and well and has adopted Cecil's cubs," the organization said. "We were given three separate confirmed reports last night that is was Jericho. We could not reach the research station in Hwange to verify if Jericho was indeed alive after they reported that they were receiving signal from his collar."
It added: "This was a case of mistaken identity, but a lion has in fact been killed...although we are relieved that it was not Jericho, we are not happy that yet another lion has been killed."
Palmer<span style="color: Red;">*</span>issued a statement to his patients<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and closed his dental practice amid protests over Cecil's death.
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Cecil's death causes tourism drop in Zimbabwe
Palmer, 55, allegedly paid about $50,000 to hunt<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Cecil. The 13-year-old<span style="color: Red;">*</span>lion<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was lured away from the Hwange National Park and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>shot with a crossbow, then tracked<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for 40 hours before being shot<span style="color: Red;">*</span>dead.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Palmer said he thought the hunt was legal. A professional hunter and a land owner have appeared in a Zimbabwean court over the animal's death.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the case and the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Zimbabwe government has called for Palmer's extradition.
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BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE CROSSHAIRS AFTER FAMOUS LION, "CECIL," KILLEDHundreds protest lion killing at dentist office | 01:07Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the office of a suburban Minneapolis dentist who killed a protected lion in Zimbabwe. (July 29) AP
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BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE CROSSHAIRS AFTER FAMOUS LION, "CECIL," KILLEDMinnesota dentist wanted For killing Cecil The lion | 01:38Zimbabwe officials have identified the person who shot and killed Cecil the lion as Walter James Palmer from Minnesota.
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