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1monster

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20. It did end badly.
Sat Aug 1, 2015, 03:06 PM
Aug 2015

We need an emoticon that expresses despair with the human race...

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Cecil the lion's brother, Jericho, is also illegally killed in Zimbabwe, official says

Source: CNN

Cecil the lion's brother, Jericho, is also illegally killed in Zimbabwe, official says

By Michael Martinez and Deborah Bloom, CNN

Updated 2:35 PM ET, Sat August 1, 2015

(CNN)The brother of slain Cecil the lion, named Jericho, was killed Saturday in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, a senior park official told CNN.

Jericho was gunned down by a hunter operating illegally, said Johnny Rodrigues, head of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force.

Cecil was also killed illegally, provoking an international outrage because he was a protected animal, and Zimbabwe is seeking the extradition of American dentist Walter Palmer on accusations that he and others illegally hunted the lion, authorities said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/01/world/cecil-the-lion-brother-jericho-illegally-killed/index.html

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Kick. Agschmid Jul 2015 #1
Good for Jericho. kiva Jul 2015 #2
The original concern I saw d_r Jul 2015 #3
Jericho is far superior than the dentist. 840high Jul 2015 #4
Be strong, Jericho. WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2015 #5
Back in the 80s Hunter S. Thompson had some interesting thoughts hifiguy Jul 2015 #7
LOL! Classic Thompson! nomorenomore08 Jul 2015 #9
I haven't read much Thompson. WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2015 #15
His Watergate coverage in Rolling Stone hifiguy Aug 2015 #16
I remember his Rolling Stone piece on the Pulitzer divorce... WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2015 #17
Beautiful creatures...may we protect you better. Catkin Jul 2015 #6
Great News Liberal_Dog Jul 2015 #8
It DOES happen kwolf68 Jul 2015 #13
Wishing strength and wisdom to Jericho. okasha Jul 2015 #10
The girls have NO say kwolf68 Jul 2015 #14
I said okasha Aug 2015 #18
Kick LiberalElite Jul 2015 #11
I hate to say it, but this could end badly. Nye Bevan Jul 2015 #12
It did end badly. 1monster Aug 2015 #20
News is reporting that Cecil's brother has been killed nankerphelge Aug 2015 #19
If that Dr. Death Dentist gets prison time, Unknown Beatle Aug 2015 #21
Perhaps the brother "just knows" what happened Paula Sims Aug 2015 #22
If the reports are true. It should read "was" :-( WTF is Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2015 #23
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