and cecil was too. at least 67% of lion cubs don't make it to adulthood, dying of starvation, disease or infanticide when new males take over the pride. but cecil survives and thrives. a triumph of biology. by his first birthday his first roar. by his third he starts asserting himself. that's him on the prowl, large in size and stature. demanding a bigger share of the pride's kill. the dominant males most likely kicking him out and on his own. >> he is much bigger than a lioness now and he is dominating things at a carcass. >> reporter: would he have been a big guy from a young age based on how you saw him? >> yeah, absolutely. at one point, he decides enough is enough, he must go out on his own. >> reporter: brent stapelkamp is the closest thing we have to a cecil biographer. a lion researcher with oxford university, stapelkamp fitted cecil with a tracking collar in 2008 and has studied his movements ever since. >> and now you scan, you get that sort of noise in the background but there's a very faint

and cecil was too. at least 67% of lion cubs don't make it to adulthood, dying of starvation, disease or infanticide when new males take over the pride. but cecil survives and thrives. a triumph of biology. by his first birthday his first roar. by his third he starts asserting himself. that's him on the prowl, large in size and stature. demanding a bigger share of the pride's kill. the dominant males most likely kicking him out and on his own. >> he is much bigger than a lioness now and he is dominating things at a carcass. >> reporter: would he have been a big guy from a young age based on how you saw him? >> yeah, absolutely. at one point, he decides enough is enough, he must go out on his own. >> reporter: brent stapelkamp is the closest thing we have to a cecil biographer. a lion researcher with oxford university, stapelkamp fitted cecil with a tracking collar in 2008 and has studied his >> and now you scan, you get background but there's a very i think he's in that direction now. >> reporter: for t

that gps data from cecil's collar. data which he says points to a cover-up. >> we get the impression someone is trying to fool us. >> the tracker marks ss cecil's position with a dt everyot every two hours. the dots are tightly grouped. afterward they're spread out. >> they're moving it around. looks like the lion is alive. now perhaps the second thought, they move it one last time. and destroy it in the hope that we can't track it. >> but we know someone is trying to in a sense fool with the crime scene. >> absolutely. you certainly won't get this movement to there and back and there and then there. that's man. not an animal doing that. >> reporter: in a published report, he says that when he and palmer found cecil's tracking collar they were shocked. panicking they removed the collar, leaving it in a tree, and later contacted authorities. >> do you believe that? >> no, absolutely not. i work hand in hand with the authorities. no such contact was made. nothing. >> reporter: back in minnesota, dr. palmer rrnz to erer r

that gps data from cecil's collar. data which he says points to a cover-up. >> we get the impression someone is trying to fool us. >> the tracker mark s cecil's position with a dt eveot every hours. the dots are tightly grouped. afterward they're spread out. >> they're moving it around. looks like the lion is alive. now perhaps the second thought, they move it one last time. and destroy it in the hope that we can't track it. >> but we know someone is trying to in a sense fool with the crime scene. >> absolutely. you certainly won't get this movement to there and back and there and then there. that's man. not an animal doing that. >> reporter: in a published report, he says that when he and palmer found cecil's tracking collar they were shocked. panicking they removed the collar, leaving it in a tree, and later contacted authorities. >> do you believe that? >> no, absolutely not. i work hand in hand with the authorities. no such contact was made. nothing. >> reporter: back in minnesota, dr. palmer rrnz eer returns to. t

when cecil's death was reported this week, the internet erupted. while big game hunting is in some places popular and legal, the specifics of this case have sparked international outrage. cecil was a major tourist attraction and something of a mascot at zimbabwe's largest game reserve. he was also a study on wildlife conservation and was wearing a collar for research. despite this palmer paid two local guides right around $50,000 to help lure cecil away from the protection of the park where hunting is illegal. once out of the park palmer shot the lion with a crossbow and staukdlked the wounded animal for two days before shooting him dead. they cut off his head and

that's what happened to cecil. >> i was enchanted by cecil, his magnificence, beauty and his, his lifestyle. >> reporter: david mcdonald, an oxford university wildlife biologist studying zimbabwe's lions for the past 20 years. 200 of them strapped with gps collars including cecil. >> we were aware that cecil had left the protection of the national park and after some time, some time his movements came to an abrupt end. that's abad sign. >> they led trackers to the farm where cecil's carcass discarded, pelt and head cart add way for a trophy now confiscated by zimbabwe authorities. dr. palmer release aid statement insisting i deeply regret my pursuit of an activity i love and practice responsibly and legally resulted in the take of this lion. conservation groups including the humane society have long fought for the african lion to be placed on the endangered species list. if they were, american hunters could still hunt them legally but importing the trophies would be forbidden. there are fewer than 34,000 african lions left in the wild. and hunters kill an average of 6640 a year. nearly 2/3

that's what happened to cecil. >> i was enchanted by cecil, his magnificence, beauty and his, his lifestyle. >> reporter: david mcdonald, an oxford university wildlife biologist studying zimbabwe's lions for the past 20 years. 200 of them strapped with gps collars including cecil. >> we were aware that cecil had left the protection of the national park and after some time some time his movements came to an abrupt end. that's abad sign. >> they led trackers to the farm where cecil's carcass discarded, pelt and head cart add way for a trophy now confiscated by zimbabwe authorities. dr. palmer release aid statement insisting i deeply regret my pursuit of an activity i love and practice responsibly and legally resulted in the take of this lion. conservation groups including the humane society have long fought for the african lion to be placed on the endangered species list. if they were american hunters could still hunt them legally but importing the trophies would be forbidden. there are fewer than 34,000 african lions left in the wild. and hunters kill an average of 6640 a year. nearly 2/3 of

the animal was protecting cecil's cubs after cecil was killed and shot by that dentist from minnesota. dr. walter palmer. earlier this month, who is currently in hiding. and there are a lot of questions about whether he will indeed be extradited to zimbabwe to face trial there. the illegal killing of cecil has sparked worldwide outrage and now his brother jericho is dead. the animal planet's large predator expert joins me on the phone. it is stunning news, because people kept focusing on the fact that after cecil was killed, jericho was stepping in and taking care of these cubs. what does jericho reportedly now being killed do to the pride? >> well, i think if it had some chance of those cubs getting to adulthood, that chance is probably gone. you know, there's very few chances or times when a pride can literally go on the run enough that they never come across a male in time for these males -- or for these cubs to get big enough where they be able to stay out of the jaws of an incoming male. so i would say that the death of jericho will seal the fate for these cubs for sure. >> expla

we have more on the conflicting reports surrounding cecil's brother. >> reporter: the brother of cecil, the iconic lion dill kilned by american dennist walter palmer is now also feared dead. cecil had left behind several cubs, and it was believed that his so-called brother jericho had been looking after them. the two lions in this photo befriended each other on a protected wild life refuge in zimbabwe. both were fitted with radio tracking tracking collars. tonight, there's unconfirmed that jericho has been shot and killed by poachers. volunteers at the conservation task force told nbc news that they were notified by phone that jericho had been killed but they say they've yet to see evidence that's true. in a statement, they said, it is with huge disgust and sadness that we have just been informed that jericho, cecil's brother, has been killed at 4:00 p.m. today. we are absolutely heart broken. what's confusing, say researchers at another local wildlife organization, is that jericho's collar remains active, sfend send sending a gps signal and movements suggest he's still alive. all this

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at issue is the way cecil was killed. i want to dig deeper with jack hanna, host of "jack hanna's wild countdown." also danny issavalos. jack, when you heard what happened, what went through your mind? >> when i heard it, i didn't believe it. when i was born in 1947, there were over 450,000 lions. when my daughters were born, there were 150,000. today, there are less than 30,000. >> when an animal like cecil is killed, it doesn't happen in a vacuum. it has repercussions, ripple effects tlouts the rest of the pride, doesn't it? >> yes, i understand it's a brother of cecil is now taking care of those cubs. mideast monitoring them and watching over them, which as you might know, in our country, the mountain lion, for example, if it's around when the babies are even born, it's consumed in 30 seconds. the cheetah loses her first birth the first time around because she sometimes consumes them. >> the brother is named jericho and there are some reports that it may be caring for the babies, which could be good news. danny, there'

, is protecting cecil's cubs? why would that happen? >> typically a younger age, when a young male gets kicked out of a pride they go on what they call a nomadic phase. and on that phase cecil and jericho met up and formed what we call a coalition. the reason they do that is they can hunt better and protect themselves better. and when it comes the right time and the right size they're able to take over a pride together. so that's why jericho -- jericho formed an alliance with cecil. they're not quite sure whose cubs are whose. in general, a lot of male lions will protect all the cubs in a pride. >> so knowing what you know now about jericho's close relationship with cecil, do you believe the cubs will indeed survive if they have jericho overseeing them? >> the cub survival is a lot more in jep ar ti than it would have been. obviously at some point, jericho's going to come across new males. but a group of males of two or three or more decide to come in and want to take cecil's pride, jericho's a single male now. he

cecil left behind several cubs. and it was believed that his so-called brother jericho had been looking after them. the two lions in this photo befriended each other on a protected wildlife refuge in zimbabwe. both fitted with radio tracking collars. tonight there are unconfirmed reports that jericho has been shot and kill by poachers. volunteers nell nbc news they were notified by phone that jericho had been killed. but they say they have yet to see evidence that's true. in a statement they said, it is with huge disgust and sadness we have just been informed that jericho, cecil's brother, has been killed at 4:00 p.m. today. we are absolutely heartbroken. what's confusing, say researchers at another local wildlife or, is that jericho's collar remains active, sending a gps signal and movements suggest he's still alive. all of this unfolding as officials in zimbabwe push to extradite american dr. palmer. >> i understand already the processes have started, and we are looking forward for his extradition. >> reporter: pa

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we speak to the researcher who discovered that cecil the lion had been killed. what he says about the hunting in might surprise you. search teams in the mediterranean do not expect to find more survivors from a boat carrying 600 migrants that sank off of the coast of libya on monday. the refugee agency says that 400 people were rescued. we have more on the migrant crisis. >> pulled from the water by this 1-year-old has started her journey in the middle east. it almost ended when the fishing boat shoe is on capsized with hundreds of people on board. her father gave their only wife.cket to his as people were rescued, other young children were pulled out unconscious, but were resuscitated. more than 350 people were saved. to help thewent boat that overturned off the coast of libya. 25 bodies were recovered. those on board the fishing boat say hundreds more may never be found. the boat sank in under two minutes. fort is not safe or legal the people to access asylum or refugee status in europe. they are forced into the hands of unscrupulous smugglers and gambling the

cecil the lion's brother "jericho" is still alive. what officials are saying about his condition. plus. the san jose earthquakes raising awareness about distracted driving. we hear from victims of distracted and drunk drivers. >> reporter: lots of sunshine in the golden gate bridge today will have to forecast coming of .live. man: i realized, at that moment, when we first saw the damage these people really needed us and i was going to make a difference, right here in my community. together with local responders, we cleared trees and collapsed walls. we had to get to the family trapped beneath. as a citizen-soldier i made a difference. announcer: be there for your community at nationalguard.com. we get 24/7 professional monitoring and video monitoring we can watch on our own tv. that's way better than our old security system. [metal clanking] [chip crunching] [baby crying] don't be old fashioned. xfinity customers, add xfinity home for $29.95 a month for 12 months. plus get a free security camera. call 1-800 xfinity or go online today. >> vicki: good teamed up with mothers against

he decided to make an online memorial for cecil because of what happened. aaron says he's a huge animal lover. he decided to make this painting so people can check out how he works. he was really disappointed and wanted to raise awareness and encourage people to donate to world crews, the people originally monitoring cecil. >> already out there. i've already seen it. it's really cool. >>s it cool to think an animator who worked on "the lion king" and other disney movies did this. of course he would because he's a huge animal lover. he used a line where musafa said the great kings of the past look down on us from these stars and he draws cecil like he is a giant star in the sky. >> so incredibly beautiful and powerful. >> did he say how long it took him? >> incredibly done. >> probably shorter than it would take you or more. if you're familiar with photo shop you can see how many layers and layers this guy is using to make this image. >>> hey, what's up? from the bronx again. hey, let's do this. once again, our buddy, chuck from the bronx, thinking up stupid

it's cecil. it depends. i honor what the people who work with him every day. >> be loved lion and it has galvanized so many people. >> the pride of that country. in so many ways they are angry. they want walter palmer to come back and face charges. >> thank you for making time. you have much more on 2020. you can see the full story, hunter and hunted tonight at 10:00 followed by "eyewitness news at 11:00" and if you are aware from tv you can watch it on the abc app. >>> face to phrase with a 200- pound bear. one man's ream life encounter with a wild beast. >> you may think you are saving money. the warning about do it yourself braces. do we have to warn you about do it yourself braces? be ok. so everyone is saying 'hey, you've gotta get fios.' but why? why fios? well, fios is a 100 percent fiber optics network to the home, so you can get 100% out of all your devices. and access to the fastest internet and in home wifi available from any provider. with big capacity too, so everyone in the house can be online

the pride that cecil left behind. in this wilderness there is much to see and most come armed only with cameras. these animals are threatened by poachers. those impoverished and wanting a meal and willing to kill for ivory that is more valuable than gold. the hunters are being hunted for trophies. bake c -- big cats bring a break premium. this is the route that cecil theok when he left the park and went into a private game reserve where hunting is allowed and he would be killed. >> i have a very faint signal. >> brent is now following jericho who led the pride with cecil. i do not want to see lion hunting ever again. just because of the way that lions react. i think that hunting can be a conservation tool. we have to be careful with that. >> cecil is now famous around the world for killing for killing for a price. >> i know that is a terrible thing to some people, but we have to be practical and realistic. if we lose a few animals which pays for the conservation, or a whole lot are the options we are faced with in man

meanwhile, the death of cecil and the fate of his pride gripped the world. last night his image lit up the empire state building, a report that his allyi jericho seen on the left with cecil also had been killed spread across special media saturday. this morning researcher brent went looking for jericho and snapped this picture tweeting he is alive and well. researchers believe he'll take over the pride now that cecil is gone. >> things will be hard for him but he's a mature lion. he's 11 years old himself and been through all sorts of fights and experienced lion. so i think they got quite a good chance. >> reporter: the zimbabwe government has suspended the hunting practice by walter palmer and no more bows and stopped all big game hunting around the park where cecil roamed. >> hunting of lions, leopards and elephant in areas has been suspended with immediate effect. >> reporter: and while zimbabwe's government is seeking to extradite the dentist, it's unclear whether they will demand the same of dr. seski. >>> when "nightly news" continues on this sunday, w

>> you see, with cecil's death, they had a coalition of two. which would then mean they would be very capable of fighting off other intruders, other nomadic males. now jericho being one, it is only going to take another big male or a co-lgs ofalition of two or more to come in and probably oust jericho and kill those cubs so that the e-mails. it made it twice as hard for jericho to protect the cubs that he was protecting. his job to do. >> how common is that? how common is it for the brother to, you know to protect the rest of the cubs? >> so what happens is very often you'll see these male coalitions. so, when a male is sort of between 2 and 4 they go on their nomadic phase. they get kicked out of their pride and they're not big enough to take on their own, very often you will go off with your litter mates if there is other males. or while you are on your nomadic phase you will meet up with males and form a group called a coalition. it is those males that then take over prides. so, in a coalition, all of the males will typically protect the fem

cecil left behind several cubs. it is believed his so-called brother jericho had been looking after them. the two lions in this photo befriended each other on a protected wildlife refuge in zimbabwe. both with radio tracking colors. tonight there are reports that jericho has been shot ask nd killed by poachers. they were notified by phone that jericho had been killed. but they say they have yet to see evidence that's true. in a statement they said, it is with huge disgust and sadness we have just been informed that jericho, cecil's brother, has been killed at 4:00 p.m. today. we are absolutely heartbroken. what's confusing, say researchers at another local wildlife location, is that jericho's collar remains active, sending a gps signal and movements suggest he's still alive. all of this unfolding as officials in zimbabwe push to extradite american walter palmer. >> i understand already the processes have started and we are looking forward for his extradition. >> reporter: palmer admitted to killing cecil, claiming h

will cecil the lion's death spark new bans on trophy hunting? and why that american dentist may face criminal charges overseas. >> announcer: from abc news, "this week" with george stephanopoulos begins now. >>> good morning. i'm jonathan karl, lots of news to get to this morning, including the countdown to the first republican debate. front-runner donald trump will be center stage, is he ready? what is his strategy? trump will be with us live momentarily >>> but first, we start off with breaking news, this mysterious piece of debris has just been found near a fragment of a wing that was found just days ago. that piece is set to undergo analysis to see if it is from missing malaysian airline flight 370. let's bring in steve ganyard, many are wondering, is this part of that plane? >> i think we'll have to wait and see. this has to go back for forensics testing. we need to continue to go deliberately, slowly and make sure we look at these pieces by themselves and figure out if this is part of the airplane. >> okay, so, if this turns out going to h

jericho protecting cecil's cubs after his death one month ago. the news comes as cecil the lion's killer, american dr. walter palmer, faces increasing scrutiny. he hasn't been seen since closing his minnesota dental office five days ago. protesters now joined by zimbabwe's environment minister, calling for dr. palmer to return there to answer for the killing of its most famous lion. >> the processes have started and we are looking forward for his extradition. >> reporter: even if dr. palmer isn't extradited, experts say a u.s. law called the lacey act could spell trouble for him here at home. >> the lacey act allows the justice department to bring a criminal prosecution against people who have imported animals that they have taken in violation of a foreign nation's law. imprisonment is a possible penalty. >> reporter: big game hunting is big business. just last year, a texas man paid $350,000 to hunt a black rhinoceros in that anybody ya. money reportedly used for conversation. authorities in zimbabwe tonight now suspending big game hunting in th

a statement they said, it is with huge disgust and sadness we have just been informed that jericho, cecil's brother, has been killed at 4:00 p.m. today. we are absolutely heartbroken. what's confusing, say researchers at another local wildlife location, is that jericho's collar remains active, sending a gps signal and movements suggest he's still alive. all of this unfolding as officials in zimbabwe push to extradite american walter palmer. >> i understand already the processes have started and we are looking forward for his extradition. >> reporter: palmer admitted to killing cecil, claiming he thought his guides obtained proper permits. no charges have been filed against doctor palmer. tonight while the investigation oversees ill's death continues,

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also, we are learning that a pennsylvania man is accused of killing a lion in the same area where cecil the lion was shot. it comes a mid confusion about the state of another animal in that area. we will have the details for in you just a moment. >> the roads are cooperating. >> dry. >> a cool down on the way. >> we are laughing about it because we are cooling down to the 80s. >> really? >> i know you're just like whatever, but i remember the days, meisha, when we were just begging for 50 degrees day. >> oh, wow. >> the cool down to 80. >> exactly. what? i know. >> it takes a moment on a monday morning to get that in check. >> humidity not too bad. >> it will be starting to ramp up on us a little bit. because we are tracking a cold front. that will a lot of times start to get the southerly push of air, moisture source gets pushed in here, you ends up with just little more humidity. right in you it doesn't feel too bad outside. do you have really good start. we start things off quickly by getting you on out to what's going on with the pattern we talked about the cool down breaking at lea

nbc news has not been able to reach him for comment. >>> as for cecil, the african nation's government plans to extradite the minnesota dentist walter palmer for luring cecil out of his sanctuary and killing him. the zimbabwe government suspended the kind of hunting practice by palmer and stopped all big game hunting around the park where cecil roamed. >>> some of the republican presidential candidates will participate in a presidential forum in new hampshire. the event comes just three days before the first debate which is thursday. new jersey governor chris christie is among those planning to be there. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows trump is leading the pack. he's followed by wisconsin governor scott walker with 15%. former florida governor jeb bush has 14% and retired neurosurgeon ben carson comes in with 10%. trump spoke yesterday on nbc's "meet the press" about the upcoming debate. >> don't have pollsters. y want to waste money on pollster pollsters. i don't want to be unreal. i want to be me. i have to be me. >> trump was also asked about the possibility of vice

cecil did not die in vain any way. >> there has been an outcry about the killing of cecil the lion. do you think this will make a difference in opinions about hunting in zimbabwe because economically it's good for the tourist trade the hunt attracts big money. >> yes it does. this is the side of the story i look at it at world opinion and those who would like to come to zimbabwe and see the animals that we've got it will enforce the same restrictions that have been in place. the other thing is that cecil did not die in vain because you know, we would like to see societies turn some of these endangered animals and put them on to aben ticks one like your elephant, your lion. a lot of these endangered animals, the rhino. we've got major problems. if we don't stop it now they're going to be extinction to be extinct in the next 15 years. >> still to come on the program the protesters in taiwan trying to teach education officials a lesson. >>> and kicking racism out of football, the controversy hitting australia's football league. ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclu

cecil left behind several cubs. it is believed his so-called brother jericho had been looking after them. the two lions in this photo befriended each other on a protected wildlife refuge in zimbabwe. both with radio tracking colors. tonight there are reports that jericho has been shot and killed by poachers. they were notified by phone that jericho had been killed. but they say they have yet to see evidence that's true. in a statement they said, it is with huge disgust and sadness we have just been informed that jericho, cecil's brother, has been killed at 4:00 p.m. today. we are absolutely heartbroken. what's confusing, say researchers at another local wildlife location, is that jericho's collar remains active, sending a gps signal and movements suggest he's still alive. all of this unfolding as officials in zimbabwe push to extradite american walter palmer. >> i understand already the processes have started and we are looking forward for his extradition. >> reporter: palmer admitted to killing cecil, claiming he t

she hopes the toy will give comfort to those saddened by the loss of cecil. the money will go do the wild life conservation research units in england. >>> a south bay hotel is showing off the newest staff member, a robot named dash. the robot is three-feet tall, 100 pounds and makes sure guests have everything they neat. >> dash is robot is sought off santa clara and is serving customers in millipedees. the hotel claims dash will serve amenities to the hotel guest. the robot three-feet tall, weighs less than 100 times, it can navigate between floors and call the elevator using a wifi connection. the rest of the employees and guests think. >> the robot has been working fantastic, the employees think of it as a colleague, someone they work alongside with that helps them during the busy times. the guests have been loving it, asking questions, what it can do. >> once cash arrives -- dash arbis -- arrives, it will call the guest. the crowne plaza said it's a test phase and the hotel is leasing it from the robot maker, at least for now. >> i want one. that would be

meanwhile, the death of cecil and the fate of the pride gripped the world. last night, his image lit up the empire state building. a report that his ally, jericho, seen on the left with cecil, was killed rapidly spread across social media saturday. this morning, the researcher went looking for jericho and snapped this picture of the lion, tweeting jericho is alive and well. researchers believe he'll take over the pride now that cecil is gone. >> things will be harder for him, but he's a mature lion, 11 years old himself, and he's been through all sorts of fights and he's an experienced lion. they have quite a good chance. >> the zimbabwe government suspend the hunting practice by palmer, no more bows, and stopped all big game hunting around the park where he roamed. >> hunting or lions, help pards, and elephants outside the national park has been suspended immediately in effect. >> reporter: and while the government says it's seeking to extradite the depptist, walter palmer, unclear whether they'll demand the same of the doctor. nbc news. >>> all right. no m

so now cecil is our guy, and cecil has a brother, and we're worried about cecil's family. i guess part of what i'm trying to figure out is is this a good that then allows us to transfer this empathy, this sense of humanity to in fact a broader humanity, or is it a bad that keeps us only interested in the morally neutral land of non-human animals because we don't want to deal with the messiness of humanity. >> i think in terms of the big game, this has been marketed for a very long time. in southern africa they have five animals that poachers have given names to and they have called them the big five as you know in zimbabwe. it's thery rhinoceros it's the buffalo, it's these animals. we try to save them and we give them names. the big five we love the big five. we have to go to africa and see the big five before we go home. we feel like we're doing something because they have big names, they're big asknd scary, but if you kill them you have a big trophy. we don't name the turkey at thanksgiving, we don't have an affinity for them. we've outmarketed the social that comes wit

i do appreciate peta's pragmatism, and the cecil the lion made me sick. i also appreciate peta's idealism. i wondered if he could touch on and if we could hear more about the things in which caused -- which may inconvenience us americans with regard to road kill and the fact that we're an autocentric society and we don't do anything to help curb and prevent these tragic things that happen on the roadways. and we need to reinforce to kids in public schools that we don't need meat in the human diet. this is just a sort of addiction. hunting is sort of an addiction. it's rarely a necessity. i appreciate you taking my call. do you see hunting as an addiction? >> there's something certainly wrong with it when you look at psyche of these people who as i described earlier who will spend tens of thousands of dollars to travel around the world to kill an animal who just wants to be left alone and claim it's somehow conservation. seems to me there's something seriously wrong there. the caller is right. we do need to take a look at how we interact with animals. we d

cecil was killed last month by a dentist in minnesota. jericho stepped up to protect his young cubs. there are reports that jericho has been killed. >> reporter: tonight conflicting reports from zimbabwe that jericho may have been shot and killed by a hunter. jericho protecting cecil's cubs after his death one month ago. the news comes as cecil the lion's killer, american dr. walter palmer faces scrutiny. he hasn't been seen since closing his dental office five days ago. joined by the environment minister calling for dr. palmer to return to answer for the killing of the most famous lion. >> we are looking forward for his extra addition. >> even if dr. palmer isn't extradited a u.s. law called the lacy act could spell trouble for him. >> to people who have imported animals they have taken in violation of a foreign nation's law. imprisonment is a possible penalty. >> big game hunting is big business. last year a texas man paid $350,000 to hunt a rhinoceros. money reportedly used for conservation. authorities in zimbabwe suspending big game

jericho protecting cecil's cubs after his death one month ago. the news comes as cecil the lion's killer, american dr. walter palmer, faces increasing scrutiny. he hasn't been seen since closing his minnesota dental office five days ago. protesters now joined by zimbabwe's environment minister, calling for dr. palmer to return there to answer for the killing of its most famous lion. >> the processes have started and we are looking forward for his extradition. >> reporter: even if dr. palmer isn't extradited, experts say a u.s. law called the lacey act could spell trouble for him here at home. >> the lacey act allows the justice department to bring a criminal prosecution against people who have imported animals that they have taken in violation of a foreign nation's law. imprisonment is a possible penalty. >> reporter: big game hunting is big business. just last year, a texas man paid $350,000 to hunt a black rhinoceros in namibia. money reportedly used for conservation. authorities in zimbabwe tonight now suspending big game hunting in the area w

when cecil the lion was killed there was outrage, i want to take you back. hundreds of thousands in syria died, millions displaced. what does it say about society where it seems we seem to value animals more than humans, you hear that, what is your push back on that? >> well, i think when cecil was basically dispatched in an unethical way, an unforgiving way, i think it was a wake um call. sobering us up to what many are facing today. cecil was drawn out from an ultimate protected area, a sacred part of the world called a national park. all the factors came into play to create a storm of sobriety. i think it's important that we need to take the energy and be rational and focus the energy in a real-world situation to changes affecting wildlife and the challenges to our own species places a role in all life on the planet. when we see human being in all sorts of situations it's a reflect of a system out of pound. according to the programme on african protected areas, south africa making the most from big game hunting safaris, bringing in about $100 million per

i want to give you an update on the story we've been following on cecil the lion's brother, jericho. i want to be very transparent that we've been hearing conflicting reports on whether cecil's brother, jericho, is dead or alive. here's what we know at this hour. an oxford university researcher who is part of a team tracking jericho in zimbabwe tells us here at cnn that jericho is still moving and is still alive. the field researcher says gps data that jericho sends through his collar does not suggest that he was killed. however, earlier today, the head of the zimbabwe conservation task force also told us here at cnn that jericho had been gunned down and was killed by a hunter operating illegally. so it is not clear yet whether jericho is alive or dead. what we do know is that minnesota dentist, walter palmer is responsible for killing cecil last month during an illegal hunt jericho's brother. zimbabwe officials are calling for palmer to be extradited to face charges there. dave salmone, am planet's large predator expert joins me now on the phone. when you read the information from d

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palmer who admitted to shooting cecil this month. zimbabwean authorities are demanding his return. >> we're looking forward for his extradition. >> reporter: all of this hurting a spotlight on an already-heated debate on trophy hunting. ban trophy hunting imports. >> we should really shame these people, this is not acceptable behavior in this day and age. >> reporter: but hunting advocates say it's a critical way to pay for conservation efforts. for "this week," alex perez, abc news chicago. >>> and jack hanna joins us now from montana, he's director emeritus of the columbus zoo. mr. hanna thank you for joining us. so i got to ask you, what was your reaction when you first heard the news about cecil? >> well you can imagine, working with animals for almost 40 years now, the thing is people have to understand that, 1947 when i was born there were about 450,000 lions. in the mid '-750s, about 100,000. today there are less than 30,000. when i first started filming there were lions everywhere. obviously today their numbers have dropped.

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will cecil the lion's death spark new bans on trophy hunting? and why that american dentist may face criminal charges overseas. >> announcer: from abc news, "this week" with george stephanopoulos begins now. >>> good morning. i'm jonathan karl, lots of news to get to this morning, including the countdown to the first republican debate. front-runner donald trump will be center stage, is he ready? what is his strategy? trump will be with us live momentarily. >>> but first, we start off with breaking news, this mysterious piece of debris has just been found near a fragment of a boeing 777 wing was found just days ago. that piece is set to undergo analysis to see if it is from missing malaysian airline flight 370. let's bring in steve ganyard, many are wondering, is this part of that plane? >> i think we'll have to wait and see, jon. this has to go back for forensics testing. now that we have one piece that washed up every piece that washing up from the ocean is going to look like a boeing 777. we need to continue to go deliberately, slowly and make

cecil was hit with an arrow then shot to death allegedly by minneapolis area dentist walter palmer. researchers had studied the lion for nine years and it was wearing a gps tracking collar. on saturday the zimbabwe parks and wildlife management authorities suspended bow hunting and tightened all hunting regulations outside the park. and it launched a crackdown to weed out what it calls undesirable elements. >> hunting of lions leopards and elephants in areas outside the park have been suspended. >> reporter: one of dr. palmer's guides gave an interview to their telegraph saying i was devastate at the. i could not have seen the collar at night. i should have taken it to parks i admit that. so we did what had to be done and we took the head and skin as the client had paid for the trophy. researchers say about a dozen lions in the area were illegally killed in the past few years. no one was ever caught. zimbabwe's environment minister said its country is seeking the extradition of palmer to face charges. >> at this moment in time there's no formal extra decision that is binding on the

meanwhile, the death of cecil and the fate of his pride gripped the world. last night his image lit up the empire state building a report his alibied jerico seen on the left also had been killed spread across special media. this morning researcher brent went looking for jerico and snapped this picture tweeting he is alive and well. researchers believe he'll take over the pride now that cecil is gone. >> things will be hard for him but he's a mature lion. he's 11 years old himself and been through all sorts of fights and experienced lion. so i think they got quite a good chance. >> reporter: the zimbabwe government suspended the hunting practice no more bows and stopped all big game hunting around the park where cecil roamed. >> hunting of lions, leopards and elephant in areas has been suspended with immediate effect. >> reporter: while the government is seeking to extradite the dentist, it's unclear whether they will demand the same of dr. sesky. >>> when "nightly news" continues on this sunday what happens when things don't work out between humans and robot

probably back in the day cecil and jericho fought for the pride, you know, and cecil won. and then now that sees sill gone, jericho goes i'm in charge. >> or maybe he is like you know i will do this in memory of cecil. >> yes. >> he says argh, i got this. so see what happens. >> coming up on 23:00, emotional reunion in new jersey, a man thrown overboard. we told but this story. he was forced to tread water for four hours. finally, gets to thank his rescuers. >> remember, this is in the dark. >> oh, man, how scarry? we have some new questions, his wife in the studio, he is bringing his kids. >> this will be good. >> a look at last night's powerball numbers. >> aaron harang on the mound for the phillies wednesday night, look to make it two straight against the dodgers, shouldn't start. how about first inning, how about wig, this is a three run shot. dodgers up three to nothing, four to; he will i can, jeff francoeur, two run homer makes it four to three game. that's his first the phillies got. dodgers hold on win it four to three. pete mc cannon looking for positive's. >> li