The police just captured a coyote wandering around the Tribeca section of Manhattan, a few blocks from my office. According to the news, she may have come in through the Holland Tunnel, and was finally captured in a parking lot, hiding under a car. Another recent coyote sighting was at Chelsea Piers, a sports and recreation facility by the Hudson River.

There was also a fellow some years back who was trying to raise a tiger in his Harlem apartment building.