--- description: Cecil's brother, Jericho, seems to have adopted them title: Hooray! Cecil's Cubs Will Be Fine, Researcher Says image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4b7f3deedf372c4/69885d71cd68483e180a110e/cecil-the-lion-zimbabwe.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Zimbabwe](/tag/zimbabwe/) ## Zimbabwe Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Cecil's Pride and Joy: The Cubs Will Be Fine, Researcher Says by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2015 4:33 AM CUT  In this undated photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Cecil the lion rests in Hwange National Park, in Hwange, Zimbabwe. In this undated photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Cecil the lion rests in Hwange National Park, in Hwange, Zimbabwe.Andy Loveridge—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2015 4:33 AM CUT (HWANGE, Zimbabwe) — Cecil the Lion may be sadly gone, but his offspring will be okay, one of the main researchers who has studied Zimbabwe’s big cats for years said Wednesday. Brent Staplekamp, who works for the Hwange Lion Research Project was the last man to have caught and collared Cecil for study, last November. He was also one of the people who confirmed that Cecil’s brother, Jericho, [is still alive](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/jericho-brother-cecil-lion-alive-wildlife-officials-n402516 "undefined"), despite reports to the contrary last weekend. Staplekamp told NBC News late Wednesday that Cecil’s cubs will be okay. It [was previously believed](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cecil-lions-death-dentist-walter-james-palmer-may-also-kill-n400466 "undefined") they could become secondary casualties… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cecils-pride-joy-cubs-are-alright-researcher-says-n404901?cid=par-time-article%5F20150806 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3986900/cecil-cubs-alive/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3986900/cecil-cubs-alive/"},"headline":"Cecil's Pride and Joy: The Cubs Will Be Fine, Researcher Says","datePublished":"2015-08-06T04:33:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:56:39.290Z","description":"Cecil's brother, Jericho, seems to have adopted them","url":"https://time.com/3986900/cecil-cubs-alive/","keywords":["Zimbabwe"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4b7f3deedf372c4/69885d71cd68483e180a110e/cecil-the-lion-zimbabwe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4b7f3deedf372c4/69885d71cd68483e180a110e/cecil-the-lion-zimbabwe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Zimbabwe Lion Killed cecil","caption":"Zimbabwe Lion Killed cecil","creditText":"Andy Loveridge—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/zimbabwe/","name":"Zimbabwe"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3986900/cecil-cubs-alive/","name":"Cecil's Pride and Joy: The Cubs Will Be Fine, Researcher Says"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Chokes Up Talking About Cecil The Lion","description":"Funny man Jimmy Kimmel got pretty serious in a monologue about a lion killed in Zimbabwe. 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