Bhopal:

Another cheetah died on Tuesday afternoon within the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh – the tenth such dying since their reintroduction in India in 2022. The Namibian cheetah was named Shaurya and the reason for dying might be identified after the autopsy, stated an official assertion.

So far, seven adults and three cubs have died on the nationwide park – deaths which have been attributed to numerous infections.

“Today, on 16th January, 2024 around 3:17 PM, Namibian Cheetah Shaurya passed away. Around 11 AM in the morning, incoordination and staggering gait was observed by the tracking team following which the animal was tranquilized and weakness was found,” stated the assertion by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Director, Lion Project.

“Following this, the animal was revived but complications arose post revival and the animal failed to respond to CPR. Cause of death can be ascertained after post mortem,” it added.

The final and the ninth cheetah dying in Kuno was reported August 2 final yr. The authorities had within the parliament cited infections attributable to bugs throughout monsoon season because the trigger for the final two deaths.

Cheetahs have been declared extinct in India in 1952. As many as 20 of grownup massive cats have been introduced from overseas to the Kuno park once more in 2022. The cheetahs have been imported in two batches – from Namibia (2022) and South Africa (2023).

The initiative started on September 17 final yr when Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a gaggle of cheetahs introduced from Namibia into an enclosure in Kuno. Four cubs have been born within the park since, however three of them and 6 different adults died in a span of 5 months ending final August.

The tenth dying was reported as we speak.

The a number of deaths problem had even reached the Supreme Court final yr, which stated there was no motive to query the central authorities on the strikes being made to reintroduce cheetahs in India.

Project Cheetah head SP Yadav had instructed PTI one other batch of cheetahs might be imported from South Africa for his or her introduction within the Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary.