As my father says, "One's affinity for large predators varies proportionally with distance..."
He lives out west in mountain lion country in Washington state. Every year the citizens of Seattle pass more rules protecting the mountain lions and making it impossible to control them. He is trying to arrange a "catch and release" program that will let the mountain lions go at the base of the Space Needle in downtown Seattle, which will change the opinions of the city dwellers in a 'right quick.
Manhattan has its own species of large predator.
Your dad is my kinda guy ~ Bump!