Namibian cheetah, Pawan, dies at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh
August 27, 2024 18:48 ISTWith the death of Pawan, KNP is left with 24 cheetahs, including 12 adults and as many cubs.
With the death of Pawan, KNP is left with 24 cheetahs, including 12 adults and as many cubs.
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav shares delightful visuals of a mother cheetah, Gamini, and her five cubs reveling in the monsoon rains at Kuno National Park, capturing a rare and heartwarming moment in nature.
The Union Environment Minister had earlier posted a video of Gamini on March 10 saying she had given birth to five cubs. With the sixth cub being born, the cheetah count at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park has increased to 27, including 14 cubs.
The number of cheetah cubs born in India now stands at 13 and this is the fourth cheetah litter on Indian soil and the first litter of cheetahs brought from South Africa, said Union Minister Bhupender Yadav.
Namibian cheetah Jwala has given birth to four cubs just weeks after Namibian cheetah 'Aasha' gave birth to her cubs.
The good news was reported days after the Kuno National Park reported the death of a cheetah Shaurya. Cheetah, brought from Namibia in September 2022, succumbed to health complications.
The director of the project overseeing the cheetah relocation explained that the exact cause of Shaurya's death remains uncertain and can only be determined through a post-mortem examination.
In March 2023, Siyaya, who was later renamed as Jwala, had given birth to four cubs, but only one of them survived. Jwala was also translocated to the KNP from Namibia.
Eight cheetahs were brought from Namibia and were released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2022. And in second batch, 12 cheetahs from South Africa arrived on February 18 at Kuno National Park this year.
The cheetah named Nirva was captured around 10 am in the Dhoret range of Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park in Sheopur district.
The top court took note of a letter written to it by four South African wildlife experts who said some cheetah deaths could have been prevented with better monitoring and veterinary care.
Cheetah in Kuno national park: To a query on relocation of cheetahs from the KNP, Yadav said, "There is no plan going on for this. Naturally, the infection caused by insects due to monsoon has also come to our notice.
The forest department said the accused were taken into custody in connection with tree-cutting, encroachment and hunting.
Madhya Pradesh: Experts from Namibia and South Africa along with KNP veterinarians will conduct a health examination of six cheetahs at Kuno National Park.
Supreme Court on death of cheetahs: Taking note of the deaths of two cheetahs last week, the court asked the Centre why were they making it a prestige issue. The court also questioned why the cheetahs are put in one place. The court suggested the Centre take some positive steps.
Cheetah death in India: The National Tiger Conservation Authority said that the existing monitoring protocols, protection status, managerial inputs, veterinary facilities, training and capacity-building aspects are being reviewed by independent national experts.
According to reports, male cheetah named Suraj, who was brought from South Africa, has died.
Madhya Pradesh: Tejas, a male cheetah, who was brought to Kuno National Park in the Sheopur district from South Africa in February this year died on Tuesday.
Recent deaths of Cheetahs imported from Namabia created trouble for the Centre's ambitious project to habitat the big cats in India.
Cheetahs in Kuno: PM Modi released 1st batch of eight spotted felines from Namibia into a quarantine enclosure at Kuno in Madhya Pradesh on September 17, 2022 under the ambitious programme.
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