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[KingstonsMom]

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@GingerPeach wrote:

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@reiki604 wrote:

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@GingerPeach wrote:

Thanks, @KingstonsMom

That's the first news I looked for this am when I woke up!  What an excellent way to start the day!  I knew you would have reported it even before I logged in here.  Great news!  I wish we could all go out for brunch together to celebrate.

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Go out to brunch to celebrate? Where is the outrage for the slaughter of an anthropomorphized lion whose pride is now left undefended?

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Good heavens.  I just got through explaining on another thread that we cannot be outraged at every single event.  It does NOT mean no one cares.  Even in the midst of wars, people were not outraged at every death. They took time out to have celebratory meals, too.  Please stop crushing the small pieces of joy that are coming through.

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@GingerPeach

I agree, sometimes you have to celebrate even the smallest victories in life.

The fact that Jericho and the cubs are alive for at least one more day, is cause for celebration in my opinion.

[KingstonsMom]

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@PamfromCT wrote:

I am thrilled to see Jericho is alive.  We have all been so worried for him and the Cubs.

That said, I am very dismayed that evidently yet another lion has been slaughtered, likely in this protected area.  This does not demean or diminish the terrible tragedy of Cecil's death.  It serves to further the champion the cause that his death began.

I mourn terribly for Cecil.  I am elated Jericho is alive and well.  I mourn for lion x.

I can't wrap my head around those who don't understand these feelings all at one time.  

Isn't this all what this terrible event is about?  Caring for ALL animals hunted for trophies, all species, wherever and whenever?

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@PamfromCT

Very well said!

[GingerPeach]

@KingstonsMom

I admire your good, sweet, and smart spirit.

And you even support me in my crankiness.  ;-)   Not everybody does. Thank you.

[KingstonsMom]

@GingerPeach

That's correct, Jericho and Cecil were not blood relatives.

They were both kicked out of their respective prides (common with male lion society, once they become adults) and joined forces to create their own pride.

Awesome, huh?!

[KingstonsMom]

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@GingerPeach wrote:

@KingstonsMom

I admire your good, sweet, and smart spirit.

And you even support me in my crankiness.  ;-)   Not everybody does. Thank you.

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What a sweet thing to say, thank you!

And we all have our 'cranky' days, right? LOL!

[GingerPeach]

I'm happy to say it isn't a whole day, just a small moment.  ;-)

[Pearlee]

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

So sad, poor Jericho, still mourning for Cecil. Hang in there big guy:

Jericho the huge male lion stands in the moonlight and lifts his magnificent head, sending a low, heart-breaking howl through the African bush.

Last night and every night for the past four weeks he has padded through the scrub to mourn at the site where his friend Cecil was struck down by a hunter’s crossbow. The two mighty beasts had together ruled their territory in Hwange, Zimbabwe’s biggest national park.

Wildlife guides at a nearby lodge said they hear Jericho calling out, still looking for Cecil in the spot where he was wounded. ‘It’s a low sound, not the roar we usually hear from territorial lions. We know that he’s mourning, it’s sad.’

Now, as the outside world expresses outrage at the trophy-hunters who killed Cecil, Jericho must defend their pride alone.

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This is really not good in more ways than one.  If Jericho is going to the spot where Cecil was wounded (lured), then he's outside the protected preserve and can be shot there.  Someone over there really needs to be protecting these magnificent animals - BETTER than they have been.

[KingstonsMom]

Just FYI, researchers say the 7 cubs all belong to Cecil and are 10 months old. This same article gives much insight into the Dentist's mindset, coming from experiences with his neighbors. (link below).

(There are descriptions from neighbors of his "trophy' lodge, but nothing graphic, description-wise)

Lion experts who monitor him say they hope he will take care of the seven cubs fathered by Cecil, and the three lionesses who make up the pride they jointly led.

‘There is a good chance that he can maintain the territory but it will be a big task for him,’ said Brent Stapelkamp, a researcher who tracked Cecil for Oxford University’s conservation unit. ‘We hope the family survives. The cubs are only ten months old.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3182475/The-lion-hunter-s-house-horror-Dentist-wanted-Cecil-...

[KingstonsMom]

@Pearlee

I thought the same thing, "Oh, no!", on Jericho being outside the reserve. Hopefully they are patrolling that area more, knowing that he keeps going there.