This file photo of a mountain lion, captured on a trail cam in the Santa Monica Mountains, was uploaded to the internet by the National Park Service in 2015.
LOGAN – No Utahn has ever been killed by a mountain lion, a fact that would have been little consolation to those living in Aggie Village or near the Logan cemetery when a sighting of one of the cats triggered a campus-wide safety alert Tuesday morning.
The Utah Department of Natural Resources finally tranquilized and captured it at Lundstrom Park and it was transported out of the area.
David Stoner of Utah State University’s Wildland Resources Department said mountain lion sightings are not frequent in citiess although humans probably share their space with the cats more often that they realize.
Stoner said Cougars don’t show a strong tendency to use human-impacted landscapes; he said they tend to be shy and are masters of disguise. Young Mountain Lions that have been orphaned are more likely to explore urban communities.
DWR officials said the cat was a two-year old male, about 110 pounds.
Rough estimates are that 2,000 to 2,500 of the animals live in Utah.
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