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India’s ambitious cheetah reintroduction effort has reached another milestone after female cheetah Jwala gave birth to five cubs at Kuno National Park, taking the country’s total cheetah population to 53. The development was announced by Bhupender Yadav, India’s Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, who described the birth as a significant moment for…
India’s ambitious effort to restore the cheetah to its grasslands has reached another milestone. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Friday announced the birth of a fourth cub to South African cheetah Gamini at Kuno National Park, pushing the country’s total cheetah population to 39. The development, confirmed through intensive monitoring by field and veterinary…
India’s ambitious cheetah reintroduction programme is set to enter another phase, with eight more African cheetahs scheduled to arrive at Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh on February 28, as per PTI. With this third translocation, the total number of cheetahs in India will rise to 46, officials confirmed. The incoming batch from Botswana…
If there is one misunderstood resident of Kuno, it is the striped hyena. Frequently labelled merely as a scavenger, this nocturnal carnivore plays a critical sanitation role in the ecosystem. Hyenas clean up carcasses, preventing the spread of disease and recycling nutrients back into the soil. Their distinctive slanted backs and striped fur are seldom…
Kuno National Park, formerly known as Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary, is spread across the Sheopur and Shivpuri districts of Madhya Pradesh, covering nearly 74,200 hectares of varied terrain. The park takes its name from the winding Kuno River that flows through the landscape, sustaining its forests and grasslands. It’s now one of those places in…
The return of the cheetah to India has reached another milestone. Three years after the ambitious reintroduction began, Kuno National Park has recorded the birth of three more cubs, pushing India’s total cheetah population to 38. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav announced that Gamini, a South African cheetah relocated to…
BHOPAL: A milestone for India’s cheetah reintroduction project turned tragic less than a day after celebrations, when a 10-month-old cub was found dead in Kuno National Park in MP Friday afternoon.The cub, released into the Parond range on Dec 4 along with its mother Veera and sibling, appears to have been separated from them during…
Cheetah ‘Mukhi’ (Image credit: Kuno National Park) NEW DELHI: India’s cheetah reintroduction programme will notch a historic first on Monday when Mukhi, a female cub born at Kuno National Park, becomes the country’s first India-born cheetah to reach adulthood- a crucial milestone in creating a self-sustaining population.“Mukhi, a female cub born to Namibian cheetah Jwala…
BHOPAL: In the first recorded clash between a leopard and a cheetah since the launch of Project Cheetah in MP in 2022, a 20-month-old female cheetah was found dead at Kuno National Park Monday evening. The incident comes just as India’s ambitious cheetah reintroduction programme enters its third year this Wednesday.Forest officials said the carcass…
