US EditionLeopard captured after wandering into Indonesian hotel
The leopard was tranquilised and captured after entering the hotel, possibly linked to a recent zoo escape about 5 km away, officials said.
- On Monday, a leopard was captured after it wandered into a hotel complex in Bandung, the capital of West Java, Indonesia, prompting panic among guests.
- Hotel management alerted firefighters, who then contacted the local conservation agency, while authorities probe whether a late-August zoo escape about five kilometres from the hotel is connected.
- Agus Arianto said officials used a tranquiliser and removed the animal at around 10am after it was spotted Monday morning outside a second-floor guest room, then placed inside a cage.
- `Currently, the leopard is slowly regaining consciousness. It has started to growl`, Agus Arianto said, adding it will take time to confirm its identity and it will be taken to a conservation facility for observation.
- Recent years have seen multiple zoo escapes in Indonesia, including two Bengal tigers from Singkawang, West Kalimantan, with a 47-year-old male zookeeper and several animals found dead, prompting scrutiny of Indonesia's zoos.
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Residents of Bandung were shocked by the appearance of a Javan leopard that entered a hotel in the Padasaluyu area of Sukasari District on Monday morning. Residents initially mistook the wild animal for a cat.
A leopard, suspected of escaping from a zoo, was captured on Monday in Indonesia after wandering into a hotel complex in a tourist area.
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AlKhaleej TodayLeopard strolls into Bandung hotel, sparks panic — officials probe zoo escape possibility
JAKARTA, Oct 6 — A leopard was captured on Monday after it wandered into a hotel complex in one of Indonesia’s most popular holiday destinations, sparking panic among guests.The big cat was spotted on Monday morning outside a guest room on the second floor of a hotel in Bandung, the capital of West Java, Indonesia’s most populous province.The hotel management alerted firefighters, who then contacted the local conservation agency about the sighti…
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