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Cheetahs to remain in Kuno National Park for time being, says Environment Minister

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday said that the cheetahs residing in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park will continue to be there for the time being. He arrived in Kuno on June 6 to review Project Cheetah and said that at present, the cheetahs will not be shifted from Kuno to another place. "Only after getting a satisfactory result …

A female Cheetah ‘Shasha’ brought from Namibia to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park died due to failure of both kidneys, her autopsy report revealed on Tuesday. Sasha was facing renal issues before translocation and she died due to failure of both kidneys. Confirming the findings of the autopsy report of Namibian cheetah Sasha, who died on Monday morning, Madhya Pradesh …

12 cheetahs from South Africa find new home in M.P.’s Kuno National Park; animal count rises to 20

Twelve cheetahs arrived in Madhya Pradesh from South Africa on Saturday and were released into the quarantine enclosures at the Kuno National Park in Sheopur district, five months after the first batch of eight of these fastest land animals were brought there from Namibia, another African nation. Experts said a delegation from South Africa had visited the KNP early September …

BHOPAL: All the eight cheetahs translocated from Namibia to Kuno National Park in Sheopur district have been released from quarantine to a larger enclosure, officials said on Monday after releasing the last three female cheetahs. A cheetah after being released inside a special enclosure of the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh Monday’s move successfully completes the first phase of …

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Two of the 8 cheetahs in Kuno National Park released into acclimatisation enclosure

Two of the eight cheetahs inside the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh were on Saturday released into an acclimatization enclosure from the quarantine area where they were kept since their translocation from Namibia in mid-September, an official said. “Two cheetahs were released in the larger enclosure from the quarantine zones on Saturday. The remaining six cheetahs will also be …

The re-introduction of African cheetahs in India’s Kuno National park, Madhya Pradesh has erupted in a controversy with animal experts and conservationists cautioning against bringing the big cat here. Ravi Chellam, CEO of Metastring Foundation, wildlife biologist and a conservation scientist during a talk titled, ‘Asiatic Lions and African Cheetahs: A Modern-Day Conservation Conundrum’ at the Bangalore International Centre, said …

Project Cheetah : How India is preparing to welcome world’s fastest land animal 9 Photos. Being officially extinct in 1952, cheetahs will be released into the Kuno National Park by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Madhya Pradesh on 17 September 1/9A total of eight cheetahs will be flown from Namibia to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park on the occasion of …

Eight African Cheetahs from Namibia will be translocated to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park on September 17, Union environment ministry officials aware of the matter said on Wednesday. Environment minister Bhupender Yadav will visit the park on September 11 to assess the preparations. India’s last cheetah died 75 years earlier in 1947 and the species was declared extinct in the …

Why the Asiatic lion and the African cheetah could be pitted against each other in Kuno National Park

For centuries, four charismatic big cats co-existed in India. Now, plans are afoot to introduce the African cheetah in India: in five years, 12-14 adult cheetahs from countries in southern Africa will be released in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, the same site that scientists have already identified to reintroduce the Asiatic lion, which had a close brush with extinction …

The ambitious Indian Rhino Vision 2020 came to a close on Tuesday morning with the release of two rhinos — an adult male and a female — in Assam’s Manas National Park transported from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary about 185 km to the east. “The eighth round of rhino translocation under IRV2020 ended at 7 a.m. today with the release of …