Sounds like the wolf and mountain lion popuations in the west. Environmentalists make humans and cows lunch or dinner for them and the enviro-kooks set acceptable human losses. The livestock loss to wolves is huge.
“The livestock loss to wolves is huge.”
Nay, it’s negligible.
Most calves and cattle are lost to Coyotes of all things.
And predation is the least likely cause of death in Cattle and Sheep.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/nahms/general/downloads/cattle_calves_deathloss_2015.pdf
My point as well. Same battle, different predator.