Meeker, Stories

Mountain lion captured near fairgrounds

A jab stick was used to sedate the young mountain lion. Once it was captured it was put into a crate for transporting it to a shelter.
MEEKER I After eluding its captors for a couple of hours, a young mountain lion was corralled last week at the Rio Blanco County Fairgrounds.
“I think that one was harder than usual,” Jon Wangnild of the Colorado Division of Wildlife said of the capture of the mountain…