The social structure of the Puffin had been disrupted and consequentially normal social interaction was impaired for a time. Manipulation of nature by man has a long, sometimes brutal, history.
人類利用野生動物的歷史雖無法確實考證，但根據英國牛津大學動物學博士莫理斯在「裸猿」一書中的說法，人類在一萬年前已懂得馴養動物，山羊、馴鹿在那時已被有組織的飼養與選種改良。