TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Two eight-month-old Bengal tiger cubs died consecutively at Bandung Zoo, Indonesia, on March 24 and 26, 2026. The Bandung City Government and the West Java Natural Resources Conservation Center, citing the veterinary team, stated that the cause of their death was feline panleukopenia virus (FPV).
Regarding the virus, Pranyata Tangguh Waskita, the Director of the Veterinary Hospital at Padjadjaran University, explained that FPV has a morbidity rate of up to 100% and a mortality rate of 80-90%. This DNA virus from the Parvoviridae genus Protoparvovirus family is a single-stranded non-enveloped virus that is stable and resistant to environmental temperatures…