That is not exactly right - Killing predators for the sake of killing them is fine with me... And such has a loooong history wrt survival. Managing predators is often a very necessary thing (think wolves, bears lions, coyotes, even badgers and wolverines... even skunks, minks, weasels)... And large predators (really any predator) are harder to stalk and more dangerous to take, so it is natural that a hunter would want to 'make his bones' that way, as it were...
Not that I disagree with you fully, mind you - I MADE my boys intentionally shoot a sparrow as the first kill when I gave them their bb guns... Each one held that dying, fluttering life in their hand and wept... I told them each, exactly at that moment, "Now, this one is on me - I made you do this - I caused this death, not you. But I want you to remember this moment deep in your heart, and never take life of any kind without cause." They have never forgotten it.
And as a general rule, we too mainly eat what we kill - But I do think you paint with an overly broad brush that would discount necessary killing that city folks don't understand...
I think we’re 100% in sync.
A predator, a pest, fall under the same category. If that Bobcat had charged my Grandson, I would have expected him to defend his, or any others safety.
Rabbits, Racoon, possum, anything eating my veggies in the garden, prepare to fertilize the garden next year.