Note the conjunction here. It is not one or the other, but both that we are. As it stands, we are in the middle of the food chain. For every creature weaker than us, there is one stronger as well. As we prey on the weak, the strongest prey on us.
The solution can only be to become the strongest ourselves.
I cannot tell you the best way to accomplish this feat. I can only tell you that it must be done if you hope to survive. I can only tell you that they are everywhere. I can only tell you that you must rise.