It Was the Goat's Fault?

Now please do not take what I am saying out of context, but most everyone has heard the news of the mountain goat attack in the State of Washington.  One man was mortally injured during the attack.  My sympathy and prayers go out to his family for their loss.

But my question is...why do we blame the goat for attacking someone and then sentence the goat to death because of it.  This same reaction occurs anytime you hear of a hiker or natural park visitor being attacked by any wild animal whether it is a bear, a cougar, wolf, goat etc. If the guilty animal is found...we kill it as if it were a criminal.  Why are WILD animals treated as murderers and sentenced to death (if caught) because we, human intruders, walk and hike into THEIR territory? 

We treat the wild animals the same as we do domestic dogs who attack someone, which is usually attributed to the owner’s bad training.  These mountain goats and bears  and wolves are in their OWN territory and signs are usually posted everywhere saying “warning, wild animals in this area” (or something to that effect).  Maybe these goats are becoming more aggressive towards people because humans have been aggressive towards them (i.e. Shooting at them, tracking them etc).  Maybe it was a natural reaction to make sure they were protecting their young.  So we fault them and kill them because they did what was potentially natural?

It seems to be a contradiction of preservation when we go into a WILD animal’s territory and then set the rules of conduct for the animals and punish them if they don’t obey our laws.  We can control our actions, but WILD animals react off of instinct and survival.

Does anyone else see an issue here with how we react to things like this?