The cougar that escaped its enclosure at a zoo in Independence, Kansas, has been captured and never made it off the zoo grounds, according to the City's Facebook page.

Earlier in the day, the City

that the big cat escaped the Riverside Park and Ralph Mitchell Zoo and park officials and local law enforcement are searching the area.

They had urged people to "take extreme caution" and avoid the area altogether.

Officials have not said how the cougar got free nor did they say where in the zoo it was found.