The Man-eater of Mfuwe was a sizeable male Southern African lion (Panthera leo melanochaita) responsible for the deaths of six people.

[3] Just a day prior to his own death, the man-eater attempted to predate a 14-year old boy who had been out in a field, however the youth fled to a hut and managed to escape unharmed.

Initially, the men set up a hunting blind nearby to where Jesleen's bag had been abandoned, using hippo meat placed on the ground as bait, however this attempt proved unsuccessful.

[3] Post-mortem examination of the Man-eater of Mfuwe's remains showed the lion to have been suffering from a severe jaw fracture in life, an injury that would have caused the cat considerable pain and made opening his mouth difficult, thus preventing him from successfully bringing down typical prey such as zebra and buffalo.

[4] Incidentally, the museum is also home to the remains of the Man-eaters of Tsavo, a pair of similarly maneless lions who were responsible for the deaths of several dozen people in 1898.