When a rival pride attacks and kills her mate, lioness Ma di Tau faces an arduous battle to preserve the lives of herself and her three cubs. She knows the conquering lions will kill her offspring if they are found, so she leads them to Duba Island. There, she and her cubs face additional danger from the hungry crocodiles and the fierce water buffalo.
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It’s hard to be king of the beasts.
Conservationists say the lion population has shrunk from 450,000 to as low as 20,000 in the past half century. Water buffalo are a lot tougher than they look. And the pride can be as cliquish as a junior high school cafeteria — except the lions who don’t sit at the cool table slowly starve to death. (Full review)