> “We understand that muskoxen are here and that they will not go away, but we feel that they have been mismanaged and that we don’t have the right to protect o

> “We understand that muskoxen are here and that they will not go away, but we feel that they have been mismanaged and that we don’t have the right to protect ourselves and our property without risk of us being prosecuted for defending ourselves.” What seems to be the issue is the humans aren’t being allowed to appropriately defend themselves. Humans and megafauna can cohabitate, but it’s not always sunshine and kisses. You can allow people to be territorial without putting them in unreasonable danger or massacring the wildlife. A lot of city folk are pretty delusional about animals. Plenty of rural folk are as well. Mutual respect of nature means participating in it and that isn’t always free of violence but it can be done responsibly. People have to actually understand what reasonably means though.