‘Ecologists talk about “wildlife-human conflicts.” But when you explore them, you soon discover that many would be better labelled wildlife-livestock conflicts. Almost without exception, where livestock are kept, large predators are killed. In some places, like the United Kingdom, they have been wiped out altogether. In others, farmers either kill predators themselves or lobby the government to do so on their behalf. George Monbiot, Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet