​■ Not as Rulers, but as a Single Point within the Circle o…

​■ Not as Rulers, but as a Single Point within the Circle of Nature
​This is not simply a call to stop hunting. It is a call to fundamentally shift our perspective on our place in nature. Until now, humans have positioned themselves at the apex of a triangle, viewing other living beings merely as objects to be managed or eliminated. However, from the Earth's perspective, humans are just a single point within the great circle of the ecosystem—we, too, belong to the category of animals. What we label as "pests" and choose to exclude is, in reality, the result of conflicts that arose because humans encroached upon animal territories.
​While the fact that coyotes prey on livestock is used to justify "control,"

they do so not out of malice, but out of survival instinct. Instead of examining why they have been pushed to the fringes of human boundaries after losing their own habitats, pointing a gun at them is not the way of coexistence.
​Guns and other lethal methods of population control are merely short-sighted solutions. We must reintegrate ourselves into the circular order of nature. Only when we recognize animals not as subjects of conquest, but as fellow inhabitants sharing our home—the Earth—can we find true alternatives for coexistence that move beyond bloody conflict.