The Ethereal Writer Redux wrote...
I do wish Bioware had thrown in other animals for the player to see. The lack of wildlife killed some of the livelihood of the hunt. Which isn't to say it didn't feel alive. It just didn't feel as alive as it should've. Like I would've liked to see:
Actually...except for birds and a different dog breed than mabari, I disagree on needing more wildlife for MotA (or at the hunt section, at least). Animals tend to run away from lots of humans tramping around making noise. Maybe if we saw a few in inaccessible tree areas, but having them frolic in the open where hunters and dogs are walking around would have made no sense.
The section after escaping from the chateau caves could have used some animals, though it became obvious pretty quickly the area was rife with Orlesians, Qunari, ghasts and wyverns.
So I guess everything was killed for the feast. And nugs, which were supposedly exterminated from the Free Marches for being 'toxic', still exist in the wild and come to the surface often enough for wyverns to eat.