I agree re small scale farming. It’s a vocation not exploitation from what I have witnessed. Sheep in particular are just desperate to be turned into lamp chops. I have never seen animals needing so much time and energy just to stop them killing themselves and that’s without predators. I once saw a small family pet dog loose in a friends field. We are not talking pit bull just your average fluff- ball mongrel mutilate 3 sheep in a matter of minutes before it was brought under control.
Foxes and chickens are on another level. Even digging a foot down and using wire mesh the swines got in and I swear they do this for sport as much as food. Had to resort to a concrete trench in the end.