Likewise, Japanese kids were taught that kappa lurked in bodies of water and under bridges, and would snatch and drown them if they got too close -- so they didn't, and avoided drowning.

And now we live in a world where this anti-wolf propaganda costs lives through degraded ecosystems and deer overpopulation causing more car accidents.

See also the Three Little Pigs, wherein we note that a pig will eat anything, including a wolf that is still digesting the pig's brothers.

Yup. Lots of farm kids' lives could have been saved by paying more attention to that fact.

Now we need to adapt and tell fairy tales about big bad cars that gonna kill you once you step into their territory.