Board Thread:Lion Guard Discussion/@comment-27393094-20160905181058/@comment-27624599-20160905194444

I'll say that overall, yes, it is fair. The main topic I see discussed is Janja and his hyenas, but I find that they need to learn to follow the Circle of Life- and yet, even if they did, it likely wouldn't be good if they were permitted to hunt in the Pride Lands. We've likely all seen The Lion King- when Scar let hyenas into the Pride Lands, the land died.

This is a relatively realistic representation- too many predators in one ecosystem can be incredibly damaging to the environment. This information also applies to Makucha. I'm not sure if he really broke a "rule," but should a capable new predator be introduced into an environment in which prey could not recognize him for what he was, it could, again, be very damaging. Perhaps if he had only intended to hunt Ajabu then go home, all would be fine, but he did try and hunt some gazelles also. The herd could have been rapidly wiped out. Makucha simply can't live in an environment in which cheetahs and lions already do, nor can the hyenas. One new prey animal- Ajabu, who cannot reproduce as there are no other okapis- will not be harmful, but a new predator or a whole clan of new predators definitely would. Cheezi and Chungu, as they planned to scavenge and scavenge only, were likely accepted into the Pride Lands because they would not hunt and therefore there would still be enough prey.

However, sometimes, as you pointed out, it isn't fair. The jackals seem to get the short end of the stick- I felt it was still right of the Lion Guard to save the aardwolves from them, since they needed to rectify their mistake for the Pride Lands to survive, but Reirei and Goigoi should not have been punished for it(Bunga, I'm looking at you). And Calf in Danger slams either them or the vultures for attempting to eat what is rightfully theirs. Stopping the vultures from eating one of their own I can understand, but stopping them from eating that calf was not.

Anyway, (please excuse the very long explanation for a children's show concept!) there have simply been a lot of situations that I wanted to touch on. Overall, I think Calf in Danger was the only time they were truly unfair to the predators, though I may be missing some occasions.