Lioness kills the father of her three cubs at Indianapolis zoo

[malaise]

https://www.ozarksfirst.com/video/lioness-kills-father-of-her-three-cubs_20181020153021/1537845978

[Socal31]

1. You ain't lyin'.

[smirkymonkey]

2. I wonder what provoked the attack.

It said they had lived together for eight years. Was he a threat to the cubs?

Not much information, hopefully they will find out more.

[malaise]

3. I watched an expert on CNN looking at possible reasons

They may not be getting enough food so she wants it all for herself and her cubs, trying to force sex on her or one of the cubs or just tired of confinement.
She said it was deliberate because of the way she killed him.

[2naSalit]

4. They will

sometimes kill if there is perceived disease too. But I suspect that it was about the safety of the cubs. More often than not, it's the male who kills the cubs.

[malaise]

5. I've seen that among our feral males

They often kill young males.

[msongs]

6. link shows a bored lion sitting on a rock. nt