Lembang Park and Zoo Lembang Park & Zoo

Fargusno said:
I don't understand why LPZ chose to import their rhinos and giraffes straight from Africa when there are zoos in Indonesia with surplus animals (i.e Taman Safari parks and Batu Secret Zoo) where they can get them easily without the lengthy permit process that might take YEARS to approve, and there might be a chance the permit might be rejected considering LPZ has 0 conservation values. They got the hippos from BSZ, why don't they get the giraffes and rhinos from there?
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Where did they acquire their giraffe and (white) rhino from exactly (what numbers, sex / age?)?
 
I uploaded approximately 120 photos into the gallery and I visited Lembang Park & Zoo on the same day as Bandung Zoo (which @twilighter and I did in the morning). Lembang has some real rarities and there's certainly a lot of new enclosures that have been built, but it feels like a commercial zoo and not one that is dedicated to conservation. Nevertheless, it was a very enjoyable visit and I'll eventually type up a full review when I begin my Asian zoo trip thread in January.
 
snowleopard said:
I uploaded approximately 120 photos into the gallery and I visited Lembang Park & Zoo on the same day as Bandung Zoo (which @twilighter and I did in the morning). Lembang has some real rarities and there's certainly a lot of new enclosures that have been built, but it feels like a commercial zoo and not one that is dedicated to conservation. Nevertheless, it was a very enjoyable visit and I'll eventually type up a full review when I begin my Asian zoo trip thread in January.
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Man, seeing those photos really reminds me further on why I never liked this place.

Honestly, I even consider not visiting this zoo ever, just due to how bad yet big their influence are. Might try to give the place a single visit one day just for personal inspections before jumping to that.
 
 
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A new flamingo exhibit has opened on the site of the former deer and muntjac exhibits. It looks pretty spacious and for now it houses a handful of greater flamingos. Could've been a better exhibit for the capybaras, methinks.
 

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It appears that the meerkat exhibit has been rescaped, now no longer having that awkward sand castle anymore and looking more natural and African than before

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Lembang Park & Zoo has acquired the malayan tapir, and now it has resided in the exhibit that was intended for it, formerly housing alpacas
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Lembang has received an three years old Javan leopard from BKSDA, Indonesia's natural resource agency. The leopard reportedly came from around Maleber but ending up in Kuningan, where it take shelter in a government warehouse. After the leopard was captured and sedated, it was originally planned to be taken to Taman Satwa Cikembulan in Garut, but the facility there are not ready. And as Bandung Zoo, who used to regularly took rescued leopards in, they're sent away to Lembang Park & Zoo, who have no known prior knowledge of handling something like an wild Javan leopard.

Only a few days later, the leopard has allegedly "escaped" and roam around the zoo. Though the validity of the news is very questionable, as it originally came from chain messages across many WhatsApp groups, it was taken seriously enough that the zoo was closed and even the police and the local military force was sent to help capture the "leopard". Despite the rather heavy response, the zoo didn't gave any official response to it. It was said that visitors visiting right now are sent away without prior notice.

If true, this case clearly shows Lembang's inexperience in handling rescued wild animals or doing critical conservation efforts, as they had mainly manage exotic animals with some treated rather domesticly, a disastrous consequences of a facility heavily geared towards entertainment first.

Source (In Indonesian)
 
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Rizz Carlton said:
Lembang has received an three years old Javan leopard from BKSDA, Indonesia's natural resource agency. The leopard reportedly came from around Maleber but ending up in Kuningan, where it take shelter in a government warehouse. After the leopard was captured and sedated, it was originally planned to be taken to Taman Satwa Cikembulan in Garut, but the facility there are not ready. And as Bandung Zoo, who used to regularly took rescued leopards in, they're sent away to Lembang Park & Zoo, who have no known prior knowledge of handling something like an wild Javan leopard.

Only a few days later, the leopard has allegedly "escaped" and roam around the zoo. Though the validity of the news is very questionable, as it originally came from chain messages across many WhatsApp groups, it was taken seriously enough that the zoo was closed and even the police and the local military force was sent to help capture the "leopard". Despite the rather heavy response, the zoo didn't gave any official response to it. It was said that visitors visiting right now are sent away without prior notice.

If true, this case clearly shows Lembang's inexperience in handling rescued wild animals or doing critical conservation efforts, as they had mainly manage exotic animals with some treated rather domesticly, a disastrous consequences of a facility heavily geared towards entertainment first.

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Mossman Joe said:
The escape has been confirmed by an LPZ spokesperson. They surmise the leopard must have escaped in the morning (5-6AM) by breaking the roof of its holding cage. The zoo is currently closed as K9 units are dispatched to locate the missing animal.
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This news has been confirmed.

After being brought from Kuningan, the now-confirmed to be an male leopard was taken to Lembang Park & Zoo's quarantine facility, where on Thursday August 28), he broke through the ceiling on the holding and escape at around 4-5 AM. It was alleged that the leopard was very stressed.

The PR team during a press interview, said that they "wouldn't know" that the leopard, a wild animal, would act up. The fact that a zoo, which in Indonesia are supposed to be ready to handle rescue and conservation needs, didn't anticipate that a wild animal would potentialy cause a incident, is saying something.

Kronologi Macan Tutul Kabur dari Lembang Park and Zoo, Jebol Atap Dini Hari
 
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