Yes, they have. That does not mean it was the right thing, or even a necessary thing to do. A lot of these acts to put down "man eaters" is a result of ignorance combined with archaic assumptions about humanity's relationship with nature. It's a remnant of the old philosophical idea of the devine human, separated and above the natural world.
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Yes, they have. That does not mean it was the right thing, or even a necessary thing to do. A lot of these acts to put down "man eaters" is a result of ignorance combined with archaic assumptions about humanity's relationship with nature. It's a remnant of the old philosophical idea of the devine human, separated and above the natural world.