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My thoughts on the Hyenas, is that they were starving due to their own fault. They consumed to much food than their own good, and weren't respectful to nautre or the circle of life. Perhaps in the past they had food but become greedy, so the lions refused them. Or maybe Mufasa just knew they'd hunt the herds too much and starve other creatures.