Avoca male lions

[Wyld@Heart]

(11-25-2022, 04:39 PM)SalemMagi Wrote: We will never truly know what happened with Dark Mane during those 2 days before his death and/or what caused his death specifically, unfortunately... 

Ja, no. That sort of speculation is unhelpful. It's almost like a snipe to say 'how do we know that Sabi Sands is withholding information? Maybe he should still be alive,' etc etc. It just drives Conspiracy theories and hysteri on social media. 

At the end of the day we know what killed him; he was badly injured by buffaloes and was left with what looked like certain internal injuries. Now he might have succumbed on his own or hyena might have hastened his end but either way, it was ultimately down to the injuries he sustained on that day. I personally doubt that hyenas were the ones to finish him; the Djuma clan is viewed on almost a daily basis and their numbers aren't so much so to be able to take on a male lion who still had some capacity to defend himself, even in futility given his condition, without some noticeable injury.

Nature unfortunately took its course and Dark Mane paid the price for being caught in a buffalo herd. That should be enough. Reply