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Project Cheetah: Concerns emerge over RTI Act 'violations', 'irregularities' in tranquillisation

Wildlife activist Ajay Dubey has raised concerns regarding Project Cheetah's implementation. He cited violations of the RTI Act and irregularities in cheetah tranquillisation processes. Dubey highlighted issues with information access and administrative expenditure within the project. He also pointed out the illegal dual role of an official as PIO and…

The Economic Times

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.”

Newslaundry

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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Born a month ago, 4 cheetah cubs found dead in MP's Kuno National Park

Tragic news from Kuno National Park. Four cheetah cubs, born just a month ago, have been found dead. Their carcasses were partially eaten. The cubs were last seen alive on May 11. Officials suspect predation by another animal caused their deaths. The mother cheetah is safe. This incident reduces the…

The Economic Times

India records first Cheetah roadkill since big cat’s reintroduction

Cheetah cub and sibling had wandered outside Kuno National Park about a month ago

The Independent UK

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

The Hindu

Rajasthan: Cheetah 'Agni' repatriated from Baran after escaping from Kuno National Park

The team of Kuno National Park and Forest Department of Baran district, in a joint operation repatriated Cheetah 'Agni' from Baran, Rajasthan, after the Cheetah managed to escape from Kuno National Park. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Kuno cheetah captured after 22-day search operation

An intense search for the female feline was on for the last 22 days after her radio collar stopped functioning on July 21, a release issued by the Chief Wildlife Warden of the Madhya Pradesh Forest department said.

The Hindu

SC highlights ‘public concern’ about cheetah deaths, but leaves their welfare to experts

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to address the “public concern” about the deaths of six of the 20 adult cheetahs, translocated from South Africa and Namibia, at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh

The Hindu

Inquiry into cheetahs’ deaths points to natural causes, Centre informs SC

According to an action plan, the government and the NTCA intend to introduce 12-14 cheetahs annually from African countries for the next five years. This would depend on the availability of the big cats from these countries as well as the status of habitat, prey-base and protection mechanism on the…

The Hindu

Radio collars of 6 cheetahs at Kuno National Park removed for health examination: forest officials

Six cheetahs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh had collars removed for health exam; five adults, three cubs died since March. Experts from Namibia, South Africa aiding KNP vets. SC asked Centre to explore possibility of shifting animals to different sanctuaries.

The Hindu

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

The Independent UK

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.

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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.

Dynamite News

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:

The Hindu

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.

The Hindu

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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Three more cheetahs released into wild at MP's Kuno National Park; count rises to six

Three more cheetahs were released into the wild at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh, taking the count to six, an official said on May 20

The Hindu

Akhilesh calls death of cheetah in Kuno as administrative ‘murder’

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav described the death of the third cheetah in Kuno National Park as administrative ‘murder’

Radio France Internationale

Second African cheetah dies of heart failure in sun-baked Indian reserve

A cheetah brought from South Africa in an effort to revive the extinct population of the speckled carnivores in India has died in the Kuno national park in Madhya Pradesh state, the second such fatality in less than a month.

The Hindu

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…

Radio France Internationale

South African cheetahs arrive to start new lives in India

Continuing New Delhi's efforts to reestablish the variety of the feline population, a group of 12 cheetahs was brought from South Africa last week and put into quarantine enclosures in the Kuno National Park in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.

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

What does cheetah reintroduction mean for Kuno National Park?

It was seven decades ago when this cat species was declared extinct in India. The Asiatic cheetah, more than 70 years ago, went extinct in India, mostly due to poaching. Now, in a very exciting turn of events, eight African cheetahs were brought to India today from Namibia as a…

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