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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 in Madhya Pradesh.
Chetahs in India
Two batches of cheetahs, 8 from Namibia and 12 from South Africa, were translocated to the Kuno National Park in September 2022 and February 2023.
Fourteen adult cheetahs and one Indian-born cub survive as of date. Six adult cheetahs and three cubs were reported dead in Kuno. The cubs were found “severely dehydrated and underweight”.
Steps taken-capture and administration of critical medical examination – Under an action plan, the government and the NTCA intend to introduce 12-14 cheetahs annually from African countries for the next five years.
Government
- The government and the NTCA had said the mortalities, though troubling and in need of redressal and curtailment, were not unduly alarming.
- The government said the big cats had low survival rates — 50%, even in adults. In an “introduced population” of cheetahs, cubs have about 10% survival.
