Leopards Enter Hotel In Bandung Rehabilitated To PPSC Sukabumi

A leopard was successfully evacuated by a joint team when it entered the Anugerah Hotel, Bandung City, West Java, Monday (6/10/2025). ANTARA/Rubby Jovan

JAKARTA - The West Java Natural Resources Conservation Center (BBKSDA) rehabilitated a leopard that entered the Anugerah Hotel, Bandung City, to the Cikananga Animal Rescue Center (PPSC), Sukabumi Regency, for further inspection of the animal.

West Java BBKSDA Public Relations Eri Mildranaya said it was important to carry out rehabilitation to ensure the health condition and stress level of the animal after going through the evacuation process on Monday, October 6.

"For observation, it was carried out at PPSC Cikananga by following the results of the assessment by the team of veterinarians. Since this morning periodically until now, a team of veterinarians is being monitored," Eri said when confirmed in Bandung, Tuesday, as quoted by Antara.

Eri explained that the leopard will be considered for release back into its natural habitat after rehabilitation.

"It's still in the observation stage, the rehabilitation period has not been decided by waiting for the results of the assessment by the veterinarian team," he said.

Previously, Sukasari Police Chief Kompol Ni Wayan Mirasni said that his party received a report on the presence of a leopard from the hotel at around 07.00 WIB and immediately went to the location.

He explained that the joint team immediately carried out reformation efforts to paralyze the animal by preparing nets to narrow the space for leopards to move.

He mentioned that at around 10:00 WIB, the movement of the tiger was successfully paralyzed. Officers then evacuated the leopard into an iron cage and took it to the lower floor of the hotel.

Ni Wayan said that his party was still investigating the possibility of the leopard being an animal that had previously escaped from the Lembang Park and Zoo quarantine cage, West Bandung Regency on Thursday, August 28.

"The allegation at that time was vague, but further identification is still needed," he said.