I like having wild places and wild animals, but the very aggressive predators have to be controlled, no matter whether they are small or large, or they will decimate their prey populations until the predator population is reduced by famine and disease. Feral cats and dogs are a serious problem for songbirds, quail and grouse. Large predators like big cats and bears need large areas which are totally uninhabited by people.
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There lie the problem - there are no (or at least very very few) wild places any more. The re-wilding nut jobs (who are mainly urbanites) think the Highlands of Scotland are wild. Highland Region has a population density of 9.1 people/sq KM, with the lowest County (Sutherland) having 2.3 per sq Km. and that is the residents, what about the massive numbers of walkers, cyclists, climbers and general tourists that visit these area - are all these people to be put at risk so that some urbanite can come out with binos and spot a "wild" animal?