It has happened many times already with not just cougars. The "something" hits the fan for a little while until people have had enough time to forget about it and then it just goes back to the way it was. Liberals impose restrictive hunting regulations based on inaccurate numbers from biased surveys and the numbers of these animals comes back up. So much so that again they come back to residential neighborhoods in search of food and we have another incident.

Cougars in particular are extremely territorial. Most of the Cougars found in populated areas like that are believed to have been pushed there by larger Toms protecting their territory. It's either move out or get killed.