A mountain lion that was being monitored in west Loveland was relocated by a Colorado Parks and Wildlife crew Sunday.

The 1-year-old lion was first spotted and reported on Promontory Court, according to CPW spokesman Jason Clay.

Clay said officers attempted to tranquilize her but missed, and the big cat ran away for about an hour around western Loveland.

“We then got a call that it was reportedly hit by a car, but there was no blood, damage to the vehicle or apparent injuries to the lion or the driver, which is good,” Clay said in an email to the Reporter-Herald.

Lisa Bouillez, a resident in the 3700 block of West First Street, said CPW officers knocked on her door around 6 p.m. Sunday to report that they were looking for the lion and that it had possibly been hit by a car. She and her husband, Dan Bouillez, helped them search the area.

“When I found her under the tree, she was laying down but awake,” Lisa said. “We flagged the rangers back and they decided to tranquilize her.”

Lisa said she was about six feet from the lion when she first saw it, and quickly backed away cautiously.

Clay said that’s when officers again decided to tranquilize the lion, and they were successful; they loaded her up and brought her to the Nederland area, releasing her far from civilization.