Cheetah travels 20 kms and reach village, staffs coax him to get back into forest

BHOPAL: One of the two cheetahs that were released into the Sheopur forest of Kuno National Park (KNP) has reached a village. The cheetah traveled twenty kilometers from the jungle to the nearby village of Baroda. Oban, the cheetah strayed into the village from KNP. The staffs of Kuno National Park have reached the village after receiving the information. The staffs are trying to send it back into the park.

Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh | Cheetah Oban, one of the cheetahs brought from Namibia, entered Jhar Baroda village of Vijaypur which is 20 kms away from Kuno National Park. Monitoring team has also reached the village. Efforts are underway to bring the cheetah back: DFO

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Two cheetahs named Asha and Oban, were released into the wild in a restricted area in Kuno National Park on March 11. There was information about hunting cheetahs. The central government intervened and brought twenty cheetahs to India in two batches from Namibia and South Africa. Eight of these are from Namibia and 12 from South Africa. One of the female cheetahs brought to India recently gave birth to four cubs. The intention behind this was to make a home for cheetahs, which were thought to have become extinct in India in 1952.