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  • Kuno National Park: 5 More Cheetahs To Be Released Into Free-roaming Conditions Before Monsoon

    Kuno National Park: 5 More Cheetahs To Be Released Into Free-roaming Conditions Before Monsoon

    Five cheetahs — three females and two males — will be released from the acclimatisation camps into free-ranging conditions in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park (KNP) before the onset of the monsoon in June, the Union Environment Ministry said on Monday.

    It also said the cheetahs will be allowed to move out of KNP and will not necessarily be “recaptured unless they venture into areas where they are in significant danger”.

    So far, four of the eight cheetahs brought from Namibia have been released from the fenced acclimatisation camps into free-ranging conditions in KNP.

    “Five more cheetahs (three females and two males) will be released from the acclimatisation camps into free-roaming conditions in KNP before the onset of the monsoon rains in June,” it said in a statement.

    The decision was taken after a team of experts reviewed the current status of the “Project Cheetah” on the directions of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).

    They expert team said all the cheetahs were in good physical condition, making kills at regular intervals and displaying natural behaviours.

    Cheetahs were chosen for release based on their behavioural characteristics and approachability by the monitoring teams.

  • Namibian cheetah Shasha dies in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park

    Namibian cheetah Shasha dies in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park

    Bhopal (IANS) | Female cheetah Shasha, who was among the first batch of eight Namibian cheetahs to be brought to India and shifted to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, was declared dead on Monday due to renal infection, officials said. happened. As per earlier statements by wildlife officials, Shasha was suffering from kidney infection and was being treated by a team of wildlife doctors and experts. Officials had earlier said that his condition was improving.

    Shasha was one of three cheetahs that were not released into the wild in early March. Shasha was in the quarantine boma and was about to be shifted to a predator-free enclosure. A senior forest official told IANS that he was being given buffalo meat because of his weakness.

    Official sources have confirmed the death of Cheetah, but the state government officials are yet to make any statement on the matter. A senior forest official, requesting anonymity, told IANS, “Shasha breathed her last today (Monday) afternoon while being treated by doctors.” It is being said that he died due to kidney infection, but only the post-mortem will reveal the real cause of death.

    Meanwhile, reports state that veterinarians found signs of dehydration and a kidney infection in Shasha. Sasha was one of the Namibian cheetahs that were brought to India on 17 September. A total of 12 cheetahs (8 from Namibia and 4 from South Africa) were released in two phases in the project. India’s dream project has suffered a major setback with the death of five-year-old Shasha.

    –IANS