By
Farai Mutsaka
August 2, 2015
Brent Stapelkamp/Courtesy University of Oxford News Office
Jericho, a lion
living in a Zimbabwe national park, was seen alive at 6:15 a.m. Sunday,
August 2, 2015, according to Oxford wildlife researchers, contradicting
reports that the lion was killed by poachers. Another Zimbabwean lion,
Cecil, was poached this week, sparking an international uproar.
Wildlife
authorities in Zimbabwe on Sunday dismissed a report of the shooting
death of a male lion who was a companion of Cecil, a well-known lion
killed by an American hunter in early July.
The
Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority released a
photograph of the lion named Jericho that it said was taken Sunday
morning.
A
statement from the authority said Jericho "is still alive and being
monitored" by Brent Stapelkamp, who is following Jericho's movements
with the help of a satellite collar on the lion.
The Facebook page of a group called the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force had said Saturday that Jericho was killed.
Cecil's killing sparked an international outcry. Zimbabwean authorities called it an illegal hunt.
Stapelkamp
said Cecil and Jericho oversaw two prides together. The statement from
the wildlife authority said the two lions were partners in a "coalition"
but were not related.
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