I know people have killed off things like the Carolina parakeet, the dodo bird, and lots of smaller creatures.
Have they ever killed off a major predator that hunts/kills humans?
Microbes, such as bacteria, or viruses do not count. I am looking for one you can actually see with the unaided eye.
I am just curious if man has ever killed off an entire species so that he would not have to worry about it killing him. If not, I guess that kind of begs the question – why?
We certainly have killed off speicies that annoyed us or gotten in our way or we thought was trying to eat our food. Can we tolerate a threat – but not an obstacle or a competitor?