Humans can live perfectly fine on vegetarian diets. Even grow "strong" as you define it. Please go read something real
Predators keep population numbers low. Which prevents overgrazing, which protects the environment, which ensures herbivores can survive.
The Yellowstone park's reintroduction of wolves is a pretty good example of it.
It's really just arrogance to assume we need to or should interfere with nature, but I appreciate the good intentions and don't mean that in a negative manner.