Cheetah, 4 cubs to be launched into wild in M.P.’s Kuno Nationwide Park

The 2 cubs which got delivery by Cheetah Veera at Kuno Nationwide Park (KNP), in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district.
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In a lift to India’s cheetah conservation challenge, a feminine huge cat and its 4 cubs shall be launched into the wild on the Kuno Nationwide Park in Madhya Pradesh on Monday (March 17, 2025) a growth anticipated to attract vacationers to the power.

Sharing the knowledge on X on Sunday night time, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav stated the elevated variety of cheetahs will provide vacationers a possibility to observe them of their pure habitat, which is able to entice extra guests to the KNP, positioned in Sheopur district.

“Feminine cheetah Gamini from South Africa shall be launched within the free-range tomorrow (Monday) alongside along with her two male and two feminine cubs in Khajuri tourism zone of the Kuno Nationwide Park,” Mr. Yadav stated within the put up.

The Madhya Pradesh authorities is set to take wildlife conservation and tourism to new heights, he added.

After the discharge of Gamini and her 4 cubs, the variety of cheetahs within the wild in KNP will rise to 17, whereas 9 will keep within the enclosures.

In response to officers, Gamini gave delivery to 6 cubs in her first litter on March 10, 2024. Two of the cubs, nonetheless, died in subsequent months.

On February 21 this yr, Cheetah Jwala and her 4 cubs have been launched into the wild in KNP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated the cheetah translocation challenge with the historic launch of eight cheetahs – 5 females and three males – introduced from Namibia on the KNP on September 17, 2022.

This marked the first-ever intercontinental translocation of huge cats. In February 2023, 12 further cheetahs have been translocated from South Africa to the KNP.

The overall variety of cheetahs within the KNP now stands at 26, together with 14 cubs born on the Indian soil.

The formidable challenge is a part of India’s efforts to revive the cheetah inhabitants and improve wildlife conservation and tourism within the area.