There is a world somewhere between reality and fiction. Although ignored by many, it is very real and so are those living in it. This forum is about the natural world. Here, wild animals will be heard and respected. The forum offers a glimpse into an unknown world as well as a room with a view on the present and the future. Anyone able to speak on behalf of those living in the emerald forest and the deep blue sea is invited to join.
As for PC males being responsible for Tsalala's death, the carcass has what seems like a lion bite wounds on top of her neck. It could happen any random way I guess but male lion suffocating her, being above or on top of her seems very likely. There might not even be an apparent reason, there was a fatality in a group of zoo lions done in similar way, all of a sudden, simply an excess. Tsalala also could have try to get her daughter more time to escape, she might not be as quick due her pregnancy and not receptive to any mating attempts. PC males already killed a female sub-adult quite recently (in contrast to Limper Tumbela who seemed to be no danger to the Ximhungwe cub/sub-adult). Unimaginable things and freak accidents happen, but PC males are very likely culprits or rather one of them with or without the other being involved (if it was a mating attempt gone wrong, likely without). Certainly they don't seem to turn out as gentle ones.