Wild critters don't play. We have a Coyote that we are probably going to shoot the next time it comes around our home. It gets at the edge of our yard at yips at our dog. Luckily our dog gets on our deck while barking like crazy and doesn't give chase. Wild dogs try to get a domestic animal to follow them away from their home where they can rip them to shreds. I wouldn't be surprised if a cat did the same thing only not in a pack.
“Wild critters don’t play. “
Yes and no; they play with members of their own species when they are young.
Sometimes they play with their food before they eat it.
But a wolf doesn’t wake up and think “I want to play with a deer today.”