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Cheetahs in Kuno, lions in waiting: Inside India’s most contested conservation project

“After a wait of nearly 70 years, cheetahs returned to India in 2022 with their reintroduction at Kuno National Park, marking a major milestone in wildlife conservation.”

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5 Wild Animals India Lost Forever From Its Jungles

India’s forests once echoed with sounds that no longer exist.bGrasslands once witnessed lightning-fast cheetahs chasing prey. Wetlands carried the footsteps of rare rhinos. Mountain slopes hid mysterious birds that vanished without a trace. But today, many of these creatures exist only in old paintings, forgotten records, and fading memories. What…

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Suspected leopard attack kills four cubs in blow to India’s cheetah reintroduction project

Kuno National Park officials locate partially-eaten corpses of one-month-old cubs near their den

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Cheetah and her four cubs released into Kuno National Park

Female cheetah along with two female cubs and two male cubs released into Kuno National Park. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Cheetah from Kuno National Park strays into Rajasthan's Karauli, rescued

Cheetah strays from Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh to village in Rajasthan, caught by forest officials

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Cheetah Gamini gives birth to five cubs at MP's Kuno National Park; big cat count rises to 26

Cheetah ‘Gamini’ gave birth to five cubs in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district, taking the total number of the big cats in the country to 26.

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Three cubs born to Namibian cheetah at Kuno National Park

A Namibian cheetah has given birth to three cubs at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh

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One more cheetah dies in Kuno, 13 of original 20 remain

Namibian Cheetah Shaurya, the seventh death at Kuno National Park, raises concerns about future cheetah imports.

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Three cubs born to Namibian cheetah in Kuno Park

Namibian cheetah Aasha has given birth to three cubs at the Kuno National Park (KNP) located in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh

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As another cheetah dies in India, authorities try to get ambitious conservation project on track

An eighth cheetah death in India’s Kuno National Park last Friday has raised new questions about a project that reintroduced the big cats to the country 10 months ago and has been mired in controversy since its inception

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Cheetah experts blame communications breakdown for ‘avoidable deaths’ in India project

Exclusive: Frustration rises among the African team consulting on effort to reintroduce cheetahs to India, who tell Arpan Rai the project is critical to turning round the fortunes of the big cat globally

The Independent UK

NTCA statement on cheetah deaths 'political', mocks conservation science, says Jairam Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh alleges NTCA's statement on cheetah deaths at Kuno National Park is political & intended to whitewash management failures. He claims there is evidence to expose the statement & post-mortem reports will determine exact cause. NTCA also plans to establish Cheetah Research Centre.

The Hindu

One more cheetah dies at Kuno National Park

Cheetah death confirmed in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh: fifth adult cheetah death since translocation from South Africa and Namibia. On July 14, a monitoring team found Suraj lying still in Masavani beat; injury marks on back and neck, detailed report awaited.

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Madhya Pradesh: Another Cheetah dies at Kuno National Park, toll increases to 8

Another Cheetah named Suraj died at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, an official statement said on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Three cheetah cubs die in India amid sweltering heat wave

Three cheetah cubs born to a big cat brought to India from Africa last year died in the past week in central India’s Kuno National Park

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Another 2 cheetah cubs born in Kuno National Park die from "apparent dehydration and weakness"

Two cheetah cubs born in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park nearly two months ago died on May 25 due to “sweltering heat and weakness”, the official said.

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Two-month-old cheetah cub dies in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park

Literature and experience from Africa suggest that cheetah cubs, in the wild, have a survival rate of 10%, and roughly the same fraction make it to adulthood, the government’s press release noted.

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MP: Female Cheetah 'Daksha' brought from South African dies at Kuno National Park

A female Cheetah 'Daksha' rehabilitated at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park from South Africa, died on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Five more cheetahs to be released into wild at Kuno

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 before the onset of the monsoon in June, Union Environment Ministry said on May 8.

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Inadequate space for cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park: former Wildlife Institute of India official

Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park (KNP), which has seen the death of two cheetahs in less than a month, has “inadequate space” for these felines brought from Africa, a former official of the Wildlife Institute of India has claimed. Two cheetahs out of the 20 felines died after being translocated…

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Death of 2 cheetahs: M.P. Forest Department writes to Centre to seek 'alternate site' for spotted animals

The Madhya Pradesh forest department has asked the Centre for an “alternate” site for cheetahs currently introduced at the Kuno National Park, which has seen the death of two felines in less than a month, with officials citing lack of logistical support and space.

The Times of India

IAF plane carrying 12 cheetahs from South Africa arrives in Gwalior

Twelve cheetahs from South Africa arrive at Kuno National Park

The Times of India

IAF plane carrying 12 cheetahs from South Africa arrives in Kuno National Park in MP

Twelve cheetahs from South Africa arrives at Kuno National Park

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IAF plane carrying 12 cheetahs from South Africa arrives at Kuno National Park in MP

Twelve cheetahs from South Africa arrives at Kuno National Park.

The Hindu

Cheetah will face hostile environment in India, difficult to survive, says Ullas Karanth

Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, he says, can hold a maximum of five cheetahs. The eight cheetahs from Nambia have been put in an area of five square kilometers, which is 160 times more than the natural density the animals need to survive

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