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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 was dead. so, we were concerned if it was the same repetition on the -- on jericho, which happened t...

People because i had confirmed from three trustworthy people, and it wasn't 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 any inconvenience, or any problem, i do apologize, it was honest mistake. the issue here is that a...

Researchers tracking jericho with a gps tag. cnn's 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. they've banned all kinds of hunting on the borders of the national park for big cats and other large game and banned bow hunting outright. it was with a bow that dr. palmer shot ce...

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Kind of relationship between jericho and cecil that maybe there have been reports that perhaps they're not biological brothers but they are fellow you know lions with this common pride. and now it's jericho that's 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 it's interesting. when males form coalitions they do it at different times. some males, if they're born with a number of brothers they'll all be forced out of their pride around the same time. they go to the kno...