Researcher in Zimbabwe doubts report of 2nd lion killing

Contrary to media reports on Saturday, the other lion was not Cecil’s brother Jericho, who is still alive, the Bhejane Trust said.

Zimbabwe Conservative Task Force reports that Cecil the lion’s brother Jericho has been shot dead Saturday.

The Global Positioning System data coming from the animal’s collar doesn’t suggest that Jericho was killed, Brent Stapelkamp, a field researcher tracking Jericho, said.

A Pennsylvania address said to be Mr Sieski’s was listed in the latest release, but no further details have emerged.

“All such hunts will only be conducted if confirmed and authorized in writing by the Director-General of the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, and only if accompanied by parks staff whose costs will be met by the landowner”.

The wrath of the Internet has descended upon Walter Palmer, the Minneapolis-area dentist who has acknowledged killing Cecil, a star lion of Zimbabwe’s national park system. The authority said it only received information this week about the possibly illegal killing of a lion in April. I can assure you no one is hunting lion on Antoinette after the Cecil incident!

Prof Macdonald said that Jericho, who is about 11 years old, was not related by blood to Cecil, dispelling claims by the ZCTF that they were brothers.

The announcement follows an worldwide outcry stemming from an American hunter’s killing of a lion named Cecil that was allegedly was lured out of a national park. How heartbreaking. Cecil was coaxed out of Hwange National Park and shot with a bow and arrow by the Minnesota hunter and dentist.

Bauer and his Oxford colleague Claudio Sillero said as bad as trophy hunting could be – estimates of lions killed each year range from 600 to more than 1,000 – habitat loss and conflicts between lions and locals over livestock and agriculture were bigger problems. Palmer then pursued the wounded animal for 40 hours before finishing it off. After that he beheaded and skinned the lion.

Last week, Zimbabwean professional hunter Theo Bronkhosrt was charged for failing to prevent Palmer from illegally killing Cecil. “To date, our law enforcement agencies are following up on all found or reported cases, and they have since arrested another culprit, Headman Sibanda, on allegations of breaching hunting regulations”. But supporters of regulated hunting say that allowing the industry, albeit in a controlled manner, could generate revenue that could be used for conservation and discourage poaching. Stapelkamp says Cecil befriended Jericho.

The Associated Press called and knocked on the door at Seski’s home, which is secluded from neighbors and set back among woods in a rural area outside Pittsburgh.