Daily Mail:

Jericho the lion, (who) has reportedly been protecting slain Cecil’s cubs since his death, is alive and well...

(A) field researcher for the Hwange Lion Research Project has confirmed that the GPS-tagged lion appears to be moving around as normal. A field research team from Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit was able to trace and photograph Jericho early this morning.

(The) chairman for (the) Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force told MailOnline: "It was a case of mistaken identity, and we can confirm that it wasn't Jericho that was shot. But we have still lost a lion, who was shot by a poacher yesterday..." (A) man has been arrested for the shooting.

The group added that while Jericho is not Cecil's biological brother, the two had developed a bond that was like brotherhood...Cecil arrived at the park as a kind of lion refugee, alone and wandering after being displaced from another territory. Cecil befriended...Jericho, and together they grew and watched over two prides, one with three lionesses and seven cubs and another with three lionesses...

So it was a CO-alpha male situation! Having already been forced out by more powerful males, Cecil was able to convince Jericho that ruling jointly would be more beneficial than one or both being killed or exiled in a battle for supremacy. And it certainly paid off: While Cecil is dead, his bloodline isn't; and by the time any future cubs of Jericho's mature, they'd be next in line to take over leadership from Cecil's. A lesson that some rock bands I can think of can learn, LOL!