The problem, as with most others, is achieving balance between good social behaviour and increasingly obnoxious human selfishness and stupidity...

Absolutely. And add hubris.

In my dreams I'd want dogs, ferrets, and guns..

Whereas Warren Zevon only wanted lawyers, guns, and money. ;>)

Is there a league table of human injuries & deaths by domesticated animals...??? [including exotic pets like tigers and crocodiles...????]

I suspect there likely is, in one form or another. In the U.S. at least, there once was and may still be a publication of the Federal Centers for Disease Control entitled "Morbidity and Mortality Report".

Best,

Bill