Why do pawns not shoot when attacked by predators?

[Thom Blair III]

Yeah, but I was thinking more like a knife.

[MajorFordson]

Huh I thought predators attacking pawns had been patched out.

It's a pretty annoying event, purely because the player is used to animals normally completely ignoring pawns. There's no way to tell animal behaviors at a glance. It boils down to "kill any predators when you see them" as opposed to something more interesting.