"Zimbabwe's lion Cecil's brother Jericho appears alive and well"

In this frame grab taken from a November 2012 video made available by Paula French.

Harare - A Zimbabwean conservation organisation had posted on Facebook that Jericho had been killed at 4 p.m. on Saturday, a report picked up by some Western news media.

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By Reuters

Published: Sat 1 Aug 2015, 11:41 PM

Last updated: Sun 2 Aug 2015, 11:31 AM

The brother of Cecil, the lion killed in Zimbabwe by an American hunter last month, is not dead, a researcher monitoring the pride told Reuters, contradicting media reports that Jericho had been killed.
"He looks alive and well to me as far as I can tell," said Brent Stapelkamp, field researcher for the Hwange Lion Research Project which is monitoring the lion with a GPS tag.
A Zimbabwean conservation organisation had posted on Facebook that Jericho had been killed at 4 p.m. on Saturday, a report picked up by some Western news media that was rapidly spread on Twitter.

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Published: Sat 1 Aug 2015, 11:41 PM

Last updated: Sun 2 Aug 2015, 11:31 AM

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