Gladiators
Gladiators were professional soldiers who fought to bring entertainment to the masses. It might seem odd to include them in our lists of followers because they did not necessarily believe and understand the animal threat but they are a great example of human valiance and superiority of humans. Gladiators coragously faced the greatest enemies of humanity in a fair battle and came out winners almost all the time. Humankind shall always prevail and nowadays we need more people like that to be able to face the enemy and not be afraid of them, because they are not better then us. They might have sharp clasws and jaws, but we have brains and we have courage as the valiant gladiators did.