The Orangutan Foundation team left the port town of Pangkalan Bun late morning and arrived at the village of Bayat four hours later. After some discussion with the villagers we saw the leopard cub which was being stored in a cardboard box and was silent and motionless.
Dr Fikri, the Orangutan Foundation’s vet, examining the cub being held by villagers
Information obtained from the villagers was that leopard cub was found at night on the road leading to the iron ore mining site. They saw the mother clouded leopard walking across the road carrying her cub in her mouth. When the iron ore vehicles passed they must have startled the mother who dropped her cub and ran away. It is thought that the vehicle hit the cub, though very lightly. The iron ore mining vehicles were heading to the port of Pangkalan Bun.
The people of Bayat village had been looking after the cub for 2 days before we arrived.
Orangutan Foundation vet with the cub
Baby clouded leopard weak and silent
Cub not able to walk
The good news is that the cub is progressing well and is in pretty good health. Initially it was always unsteady when standing and its walking wasn’t normal. It had problems with both hind legs. This pain seems to have now gone and its walking is normal and sometimes it even climbs the wall of its cage.
Cub alert and seems healthy
It is eating and drinking. Its current weight is ± 2 Kg. Looking at the husbandry manual on the Clouded Leopard Project website this suggests its age may be between 60 and 90 days old. It is still very early days for the cub. More news to follow soon…
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OMGosh – what a face. That is really sad that this cub has been separated from its mother. I pray that he continues to thrive. Please keep us informed on his progress. Hopefully there will be plans to release him back into the wild? Guess it’s to young to say whether male or female?
What a cutey!!:)
Wonder if there is any chance this beautiful, little fellow can be brought to the Point Defiance Clouded Leopard group for care, rehab, etc? I can help with transportation via United Airlines.
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Dear Karen and Marsha, Thanks for your recent comments regarding the leopard cub, we’ll be in touch shortly via email. Kind regards, Cathy@ Orangutan Foundation
Hi Cathy and/or Karen, Just wanted to elaborate on my previous mssg re: possible future safe, successful, placement for rescued leopard cub BomBom at Camp Gemini under care of Dr Fikri…was referring to Clouded Leopard breeding program & group under direction of Andy Goldfarb at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, as you most likely already know
Also, wanted to mention that the air transportation for him and an escort can be provided by United Airlines and our “Star Alliance” global airline partners.
thanks again for reading, Marsha Mickalson 360 789-9089
Hi Marsha, we did email you directly about your first message and have also replied by email to this one. Thank you, Cathy @Orangutan Foundation