"A very important aspect of lion conservation is what we call the perturbation effect: namely the cascading effects on the surviving lions of the death of one o

"A very important aspect of lion conservation is what we call the perturbation effect: namely the cascading effects on the surviving lions of the death of one of them – in brief, we have found that when a male lion is killed, because of the way their society works, a likely consequence is the overthrow and death of other adult male members of his weakened coalition (normally of brothers), and the subsequent infanticide of his cubs by the incoming new coalition of males. We are working hard to study the consequences of Cecil's death on his pride and their neighbours, so that we learn as much as possible." Donations to support WildCRU's conservation, anti-poaching & education projects can be made here https://www.campaign.ox.ac.uk/wildcru https://www.campaign.ox.ac.uk/wildcru