The animal apparently didn’t get very far. The cougar escaped Riverside Park and Ralph Mitchell Zoo in Independence, a town in southeast Kansas, according to a news release posted on Facebook.

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - For over thirty years Riverside residents have been spending the Fourth of July eating breakfast together at Riverside Park. They sit at tables catching up with old friends ...

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. (KSNW) — The community of Independence has lost a beloved historic tree. The Riverside Park elm tree had stood in the park for as long as residents could remember. But ...