Predator populations increase.
Human populations increase.
More conflict between large predators and humans. Who would have predicted this!/S
I love mountain lions, and am glad that they roam the Santa Monica mountains where I live and hike. It makes life a bit more adventurous.
Of course, I carry tools that provide protection in dangerous environments.
Some cats did something
The signature hole on the Galena Territory North Corse, near Galena, IL, is the 165 yard, par 3, number 8, which has 80 feet of elevation change, cuts across an inlet of Lake Galena, to a green nestled in a semi-circle of wooded rocks that rise up another 80 feet.
There is a mountain lion in residence in those rocks. You can hear (and smell) him from time to time.
Not sure how the USGA calculates the handicap or course rating for that.
The Territory does not allow hunting or shooting sports, and brings in “professionals” (who do you know) to cull the deer, which have overrun the Territory.
Still, coyotes are far more dangerous than mountain lions there, due to their larger numbers.