{"id":14732,"date":"2024-07-16T12:32:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/?p=14732"},"modified":"2024-07-16T12:33:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:33:54","slug":"azgfd-relocates-lion-caught-at-tucson-med-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2024\/07\/16\/azgfd-relocates-lion-caught-at-tucson-med-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Lion caught at Tucson medical Center relocated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NEWS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>July 16, 2024 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TUCSON, Ariz. \u2014 Wildlife officers from the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) on Saturday released to the wild a mountain lion that had wandered onto the campus of the Tucson Medical Center on Friday and became entrapped in an enclosed courtyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department was alerted to the presence of the subadult male mountain lion around 10:30 a.m. Friday. 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