I was watching a program last night. A photographer filmed events in an area of Africa that was suffering from a drought. Some of the things were dreadful.
One segment he filmed started with a hyena which was an "outcast" encountering a clan of hyenas. They weren't going to ignore the outcast, they were going to kill it. After they began attacking the outcast, a couple of lions showed up, and they all scattered. The outcast hyena took the opportunity during the confusion to escape.
After the initial attack by the lions, one of them found a hyena cub which had its back broken during the fracas. The cub had no real chance to live, and could not threaten any other animal. The lion looked at the cub for a moment then attacked it and killed it. The lion only moved on after the cub's body turned cold. After the lion moved on, other hyenas came and ate the cub.
I can’t watch those shows with my wife. She understands the real world but can’t stand to watch an animal about to die, or a lion eating an impala while it’s still alive.
Tennyson, In Memoriam 1850.