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Killing cecil the lion. he says he relied on his guides on whether that hunt was ille l illegal. it was first reported that cecils lion jericho was also killed. he has been spotted alive and well, and its also reported that he has accepted and is taking care of cecils cubs. but this ignite az debate of big game hunting, both legal and illegal. theyve exploded with criticisms of not just doctors in these cases but big game hunters, making for a pretty nasty back and forth between the two sides. z...

I leave it up to the authorities to come up with the charges. the one person the land owner, has been arrested and hes actually helping the authorities to actually prosecute the illegal hunt. >> okay. and now were hearing that the national parks and lied life management authority is actually releasing this information that another lion has been killed. by an american, illegally hunting. thats your understanding? >> yes, that is correct. >> okay. >> yes, that is correct. and we let the justice ta...

Were in johanns berg with more. >> reporter: early reports that jericho the lion was killinged illegally by a hunter turned out to be false. the group that put out that information has since apologized. and the research group that tracks these lieons say he is doing just fine. zimbabwe has banned all kinds of hunting on the borders of hwange national park. theyve banned bow hunting outright. it was with a bow that dr. walt palmer shot cecil the lion last month. he says he did nothing illegal, bu...

Rafael nadal and caroline wozniacki are two of the top players that have started using the smart rackets in competition this year. all right. still world outrage over the killing of a famous zimbabwe lion. and now some relief that its fellow lion jericho is still alive. despite earlier reports that it too, had been killed by hunters. this is a picture of jericho, in fact taken this morning by researcher who is tracking jericho with a gps tag. jericho was taking care of the cubs of cecil the li...

Brothers born around the same time as you, youll get thrown out and youll be wandering and youll bump into another young, small, wandering male. knowing that their chances of survival are better together theyll join up and form a coalition. when they do get a pride, theyll both get turns at times of mating females and likely then not know whose cubs are whose. in other cases, there is dominance amongst them. the subordinate one will still protect the dominant ones cubs. most likely yes, jericho ...

All right. so johnny first of all, your organization is the one that first reported that jericho was killed. and then apparently retracted it. help us understand why at first it was believed that both cecil and jericho had been killed. >> good evening. the issue here the national parks, had a conversation yesterday afternoon at half past 3:00 where they put the ban in place, and at half past 4:00 i received a message from people on the ground, in the area that said that jericho was shot, and he ...

People because i had confirmed from three trustworthy people, and it wasnt true. >> okay. >> the -- >> and for sure this picture now, this picture, and that there is a gps tracking indeed that jericho is now alive. right? >> yes. jericho was actually seen this morning. because anybody can shoot a lion and take the belt and move around put it on a dog or any other animal. so we had one of the investigators to go in and they confirmed that jericho was alive, and the cubs are alive. so if there was...

Researchers tracking jericho with a gps tag. cnns david mckenzie is in johannesburg with more. >> early reports that jericho the lion was killed illegally by a hunter turn out to be false. in fact the group that put out that information has since apologized. and the oxford university research group that tracks these lions say he is doing just fine. now, zimbabwe has appeared to tighten up on hunting in the country. theyve banned all kinds of hunting on the borders of the national park for big ca...

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Kind of relationship between jericho and cecil that maybe there have been reports that perhaps theyre not biological brothers but they are fellow you know lions with this common pride. and now its jericho thats caring for the cubs. can you talk to us about the surviveability of the cubs and whether jericho would indeed protect these cubs or if the cubs are now in danger? >> yeah, so its interesting. when males form coalitions they do it at different times. some males, if theyre born with a numbe...