Up to now, seven cheetahs have been launched into the free-range to this point.
Sheopur:
Yet one more cheetah has been launched into the wild on the Kuno Nationwide Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district, taking the depend to seven, an official mentioned on Monday.
Neerva, a feminine cheetah from South Africa aged 3-4 years, was launched into the wild from a bigger enclosure on the KNP on Sunday night, the nationwide park’s Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Prakash Kumar Verma mentioned.
Up to now, seven cheetahs have been launched into the free-range to this point, whereas 10 are nonetheless housed in bigger enclosures, he mentioned.
The choice concerning the launch of remaining cheetahs into the wild can be taken by the steering committee constituted by the Centre. The committee members are scheduled to go to the KNP on Tuesday, the official mentioned.
Eight Namibian cheetahs, comprising 5 females and three males, have been dropped at the KNP and launched into particular enclosures by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 17 final yr as a part of an bold reintroduction programme of the species.
Later, 12 cheetahs – seven males and 5 females – have been dropped at the nationwide park from South Africa on February 18 this yr.
Cheetah Jwala, earlier generally known as Siyaya, who was translocated from Namibia, gave beginning to 4 cubs on the KNP in March this yr.
Three of the cubs died earlier this month.
These cubs have been the primary to be born within the wild on Indian soil after the final cheetah was hunted in Korea district of present-day Chhattisgarh in 1947.
Other than these cheetah cubs, three of the 20 grownup cheetahs – Daksha, Sasha and Uday – translocated from South Africa and Namibia have died on the KNP.
Namibian cheetah Sasha died because of a kidney-related ailment on March 27, Uday introduced in from South Africa died on April 13, whereas South African cheetah Daksha succumbed to the accidents following a violent interplay with a male throughout a mating try on Might 9.
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