people that do this actually help out on reserves and stuff
a lion kill like that will cost that group like $30k-$40k and that money goes a long way to pay rangers to keep other lions safe and other wildlife
this one might have been like an old alpha male that got his ass kicked and was getting ready to die anyways, so why not donate your body and help out your buddies?
after losing the fight he would have to watch any cubs he had get killed by the new lion so he would be pretty upset and might have just offed himself anyways
never know
then again he could have been like simba, just sad at that time but about to return to his kingdom and free his people
sleep time for me!