I am still in doubt about this being revenge. I'm not necessarily saying it isn't, but doesn't culling the dogs as a means of pest control also fit the hypothe

I am still in doubt about this being revenge. I'm not necessarily saying it isn't, but doesn't culling the dogs as a means of pest control also fit the hypothesis? I mean, if a baby in a human town was bit by a rat, we humans would react by trying to eradicate the local rat population. You could call that revenge I guess, but normally we wouldn't ascribe such a passionate motive to our behavior, we would say it was logical to eliminate a source of danger.