You Might Like
Cecil the Lion’s Brother Jericho Illegally Killed in Zimbabwe
More heartbreaking news out of Zimbabwe as Jericho, the brother of slain lion Cecil, was gunned down illegally in Hwange National Park today.
CNN reports:
“It is with huge disgust and sadness that we have just been informed that Jericho, Cecil’s brother has been killed at 4pm today,” Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said Saturday on Facebook.
“We are absolutely heart broken,” the Task Force added.
Jericho was considered to be caring for and defending Cecil’s cubs, but the survivability of those cubs wasn’t immediately clear in the aftermath of Jericho’s death.
Some of the cubs may have been Jericho’s, said David Macdonald, director of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, who has been studying Cecil.
Earlier today, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority announced it would be further tightening hunting regulations outside wildlife parks.
The post Cecil the Lion’s Brother Jericho Illegally Killed in Zimbabwe appeared first on Towleroad.
Kyler Geoffroy
www.towleroad.com/2015/08/cecil-the-lions-brother-jericho-illegally-killed-in-zimbabwe/
You Might Like
