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Hong kong. now to other stories. an oxford researchers has confirmed that jericho the line onis lion is alive and well. as david mckenzie reports zimbabwe is cracking down on hunting. reporter: early reports that jericho the lion was killed turned out to be false. the oxford university research group that tracks these lions say he is doing just fine. now, zimbabwe has appeared to tightened up on hunting in the country. they banned all kinds of hunting on the border of hwange national park and they banned bow hunting outright. it is with a bow that walt ....
We re 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. they ve 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, but zimbabwe officials are trying to extradite him to face charges. although that might be a tall order according to experts. the guide and hunter he hired face charges this week in zimbabwe and they could spend ....
During that hunt, effectively wounding that lion and tracking it for many hours. clearly they are alluding to the fact this could be cruel and unusual type of hunting. while this could help stem the issue of illegal hunting, it could also hurt the livelihoods of people in zimbabwe. there are some people who feel that hunting can have a place if managed properly. and there have been a lot of questions about cecil s brother jericho. how is he? do we have any indication this morning? reporter: in fact, he is doing fine. we spoke to a research we are that oxford university group which has gps collars on many of these lions and they have one on jericho as well. they ve been tracking him and they sent us the gps coordinates ....
Walt palmer is in his 50s. he is a dentist. a well known hunter in those circles and posted several pictures of himself with big game that he hunted with a crime scene bow in the park. so this is not the first time he s doing this kind of high profile hunt. they say they are looking for him. his whereabouts are unknown and two of the professional hunters on that trip with him have been detained and they ll face court charges tomorrow in zimbabwe. and walter palmer put out a statement. what did he say? well he said the following, anderson. to my knowledge, everything about this trip was legal and properly hand and conducted. i had no idea the lion that i took down was a known local favorite. was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt. i relied on expertise from my local professional guide. he said he regretted what happened. it looked like in a way that he is passing the buck on to the ....
Hunting trip? it is allege that the dentist from minnesota was on the border reasons of the park. and that him and the guides lured or baited this iconic lion from the national park, out of the park. and then shot him with a cross bow. but that cross bow didn t kill the lion outright. they tracked it for 40 hours and then killed with it a weapon of some kind. and then they severed the head as a trophy. the officials say they re looking for this individual from the u.s. who allegedly killed this lion. they say it was illegal and horribly tragic because it was a huge tourist draw for the country and certainly unethical to bring a lion outside of a reserve like the and to kill it. what else do we know about this hunter? could he face charges in zimbabwe? he could face charges. they say they are searching for him. it is unclear where he is. walt palmer is in his 50s. he is a dentist. a well known hunter in those circles and posted several pictures of himself with big ....