Updated 17 minutes ago
The
brother of a famed lion that was killed by an American dentist in early
July was feared dead after being shot, according to a conservation
group.
"It
is with huge disgust and sadness that we have just been informed that
Jericho, Cecil's brother has been killed" at 4 p.m. (10 a.m. ET), the
Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said in a statement on
"We are absolutely heart broken," the statement added.
NBC News has not independently confirmed the killing or that the lions were brothers. The Associated Press previously said that Cecil "befriended" Jericho, and the two lions cared for two prides together.
The
announcement follows an international outcry stemming from an American
hunter's killing of Cecil, a lion that was allegedly lured out of a
national park.
Zimbabwean authorities say the hunt was illegal and are seeking the extradition of Minnesota dentist Walter James Palmer.
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