The decision was taken after a team of experts reviewed the current status of the “Project Cheetah” on the directions of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
The decision was taken after a team of experts reviewed the current status of the Project Cheetah on the directions of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
New Delhi, May 8: On the directions of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a team of experts visited KUNO National Park on April 30, 2023, and reviewed the current status of Project Cheetah.
Uday died just over a week after it was released from its quarantine enclosure to the larger enclosure within Kuno National Park. An initial examination revealed that the cheetah had most likely died of terminal cardio-pulmonary failure.
Five cheetahs — three females and two males — will be released from the acclimatisation camps into free-ranging conditions in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park (KNP) before the onset of the monsoon in June, the Union Environment Ministry said on Monday.
It also said the cheetahs will be