Nearly six months after all the 14 adult cheetahs were re-captured and put back into enclosures, the Kuno National Park is now gearing up to release all the remaining adult cheetahs into the wild again. However, the total count is now down to 13 after one of the Namibian cheetahs mysteriously collapsed in the enclosure last week.
It took the loss of 200 of these big cats to standardise wild cheetah reintroduction in South Africa from 1966 to 1996, and India will undoubtedly undergo similar growing pains before the numbers stabilise, according to the first such analysis of cheetah translocation accessed by News18
Expert Vincent van dan Merwe constant mobilisation moving capturing extremely stressful cheetahs find it difficult to settle new habitat; prevents breeding extended captivity should be avoided; latest news on news18.com; Srishti Choudhary
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According to officials, the cheetah was among the two female cats that were yet to be re-captured. The animal had inflammation near its neck which was infested by maggots and may have caused a septic shock