Mountain lion captured in Gillette in northeast Wyoming

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming wildlife managers have captured a young male mountain lion in Gillette and relocated it to the Bighorn Mountains.

Dustin Kirsch of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department says the lion was captured Monday in a subdivision.

Kirsch tells the Gillette News Record (https://bit.ly/2onT17D ) that says the lion was about 1 1/2 years old and weighed about 100 pounds.

He says it was first capture of a mountain lion in the Gillette area since the summer of 2015.

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Information from: The Gillette (Wyo.) News Record, https://www.gillettenewsrecord.com