Researcher Disputes Report That Jericho, Cecil the Lion's Brother, Was Killed
Oxford's Brent Stapelkamp says collar data suggests the lion is "alive and well."
A University of Oxford researcher in Zimbabwe says that Cecil the lion's brother, Jericho, "seems to be alive and well" despite reports that he was killed Saturday afternoon in Hwange National Park.
Satellite data from a tracking collar on Jericho showed that he had moved nine meters (29.5 feet) between about 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday night, said Brent Stapelkamp, a field researcher with Oxford's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU).
"That is normal if he is resting or near a kill," he said. Attention on the park is heightened following the death of Cecil, a popular, black-maned tourist attraction who was lured away and killed illegally by an American dentist and trophy hunter.
Johnny Rodrigues, a park official and head of
