Btw monks who meditate in forests usually dont get harmed by
animals bcos of their metta.. especially great practitioners, the
animals may even get close to them. Remember how Buddha radiated
metta to the mad drunken elephant set lose by Devadatta to kill the
Buddha, and the elephant bowed down to the Buddha? 
I am a friend of the
footless,
I am a friend of the bipeds;
I am a friend of those with four feet,
I am a friend of the many-footed.
May not the footless harm me,
may not the bipeds harm me,
may not those with four feet harm me,
and may not those with many feet harm me.
AN II 72
Among tigers, lions, leopards & bears I lived on the
wood.
No one was frightened of me, nor did I fear anyone.
Uplifted by such universal friendliness, I enjoyed the
forest.
Finding great solace in such silent solitude.
Suvanna-sama Jataka 540
