Seventeen cubs have up to now been born in India, with 12 surviving.
Bhopal:
A feminine cheetah is pregnant and anticipated to ship cubs quickly on the Kuno Nationwide Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav shared the data in a submit on social media platform X late Saturday night time and mentioned this symbolises a giant achievement for the ‘Cheetah Challenge’.
On September 17, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched eight cheetahs — 5 females and three males — introduced from Namibia into enclosures on the KNP as a part of the world’s first intercontinental translocation of the large cats, practically eight a long time after the cheetahs have been hunted to extinction.
In February 2023, one other 12 cheetahs have been translocated to the nationwide park in MP from South Africa as a part of the Indian authorities’s undertaking to reintroduce cheetahs into the nation.
Yadav within the submit on X mentioned, “Happiness is coming to Kuno. A feminine cheetah is quickly going to offer start to new cubs within the Kuno Nationwide Park of Madhya Pradesh, the ‘Cheetah State’ of the nation.” “This information is a logo of a giant achievement of the Cheetah Challenge. This undertaking, began below the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, is proving to be a steady enchancment within the ecological steadiness,” he mentioned.
Based on officers, 12 cheetah cubs have up to now been born on the Indian soil during the last two years at KNP.
The undertaking has additionally seen setbacks with eight grownup cheetahs and 5 cubs dying throughout the identical interval.
Seventeen cubs have up to now been born in India, with 12 surviving, bringing the entire variety of cheetahs, together with cubs, at Kuno to 24 at current, in line with officers.
All surviving cheetahs are at the moment in enclosures.
The cheetahs will likely be launched again into the wild in a phased method beginning October-end, officers mentioned not too long ago.
The Agni-Vayu coalition will likely be launched first within the Palpur East vary, whereas the Prabhash-Pavak coalition will likely be launched in a unique space, in line with the officers.
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