Sad news from Kuno; another cheetah, brought from South Africa, dies

BHOPAL: One of the cheetahs brought to Kuno National Park from Namibia in South Africa has died. A female cheetah named Daksha is the one that died. She was mortally wounded in an encounter with other cheetahs, which was the cause of death. Two of the eight cheetahs brought from South Africa had already died. They died due to illness, bringing the number of dead cheetahs to three. Last month, a cheetah named Uday fell ill and died while undergoing treatment in Kuno National Park. Sasha, a female cheetah, had died earlier due to kidney disease.

It was in September last year that India brought eight cheetahs, including five females and three males, from Namibia as part of 'Project Cheetah'. Eight cheetahs were brought to the country by cargo plane as part of the Intercontinental Cheetah Translocation Project. Later, the cheetahs were brought to Kuno National Park from Gwalior Air Force Station by an Indian Air Force helicopter. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the one who released the cheetahs in Kuno.