Is protecting the nature really protecting it?
Yes its a good question, like what portion of good can balance what portion of bad. I dont know for sure if prey animals enjoy their life or not, despite of having also a lot of nice moments.
The question is: if you know that u will die in a horrible way, would u still want to exist? Me not. But this is true for almost all preys. 99.9% of them will die in a horrible way. So the question is what can balance this amount of bad. For me there is not enough good in exchange.
So lets go 1 step further: if through the innovation of transhumanism we could make a lion vegan, would u support it?
I think there is no rational argument against this. Any argument against this would prefer the suffering of other animals more than a less exciting documentary.