NAIROBI—Kenyan wildlife authorities said on Wednesday they had captured a lion that had wandered into a residential area in a town south of the capital Nairobi. Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said members of the public alerted them of the lion’s presence in the morning, prompting the authority to send rangers and veterinarians to the site. “This morning, a sub-adult male lion was spotted stuck between a concrete wall and iron sheets in Ongata Rongai area,” Kenya Wildlife Service said on its Twitter account. “The lion was successfully darted, immobilized, and safely transferred to the (KWS) veterinary facility for observation collaring before being released back to the park.” Videos posted on the KWS Twitter account showed its personnel wrapping the tranquilized lion in a canvas sheet and loading it onto a vehicle to be moved away from the residential area. Human settlements have long been encroaching on the Nairobi National Park, …