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Nature has, had, a balance and we mess with it at our peril.
I can't remember where I saw this, but there was a region of Africa, or perhaps somewhere else in the world where all wildlife had died out due to the collapse of the local eco system and the scientists could not understand why this happened when the region was so rich in varied life.
Although I cannot remember the exact details, it was something like the rhinos (or other animal) go to die in water which scientists were unaware of. When the rhinos (or whatever animal it was) go to the lake to die, their bodies fed a whole eco system. When the animals were wiped out by hunters in this region, they could not go to this lake/river to die and thus the eco system collapsed.
Probably on one of David Attenborough's programmes, it was on only within the last few years. If I can find the details, I'll post them.