US EditionLeopard captured after wandering into Indonesian hotel
Officials tranquilized and captured the leopard after it entered a hotel, investigating if it escaped from a zoo 5 kilometers away, amid rising concerns over zoo safety.
- On Monday, a leopard was captured after wandering into a hotel complex in Bandung, sparking panic among guests; it was seen outside a second-floor guest room before capture.
- Reports of a zoo escape prompted investigators after a leopard was reported to have escaped from a nearby zoo in late August, and Agus said it would take time to confirm if it was the same animal.
- Hotel management first alerted firefighters, who then contacted the local conservation agency, and officials used a tranquiliser to remove the leopard at around 10am, Agus Arianto said.
- Agus Arianto said, `Currently, the leopard is slowly regaining consciousness. It has started to growl` and the animal will be taken to a conservation facility for observation.
- Recent years have seen other escapes from Indonesian zoos, including the 2021 Singkawang incident where two Bengal tigers escaped, one was shot dead and a 47-year-old male zookeeper died.
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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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