A mountain lion was been captured and sedated Friday after it was detected wandering from Illinois from Nebraska, according to DNR officials.
Saturday, October 29, 2022 4:22PMConservation police are asking people not to look for the mountain lion and say it should soon move out of the Springfield area.
The young male was tranquilized by staff with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services branch and sent to the Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Center Point, Indiana, the state agency said. The animal, which was fitted last year with a GPS collar by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, had wandered to Illinois from Nebraska. It arrived in Springfield on Wednesday, and IDNR warned residents not to disturb it while the agency tracked its movements.