To an extent you are right pete, we are, but many wild animals kill for reasons other than to eat, sometimes to protect territories, themselves, young, win a mate, or indeed for food, but arent we just doing the same thing? protecting our territory? not wanting a wild animal to take our pets, livestock, those chickens for example supply us food why should we let another creature just move in and massacre them ? you could say well we can go to tesco’s … well a fox/ mink etc can go down the field aisle and kill a vole, mouse wild rabbit, its a dog eat dog world out there !!