By PTI
SHEOPUR/BHOPAL: A cheetah translocated from Namibia to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh has given delivery to 4 wholesome cubs, officers stated on Wednesday.
The completely happy information got here within the wake of the dying of one other relocated feminine cheetah on the Park two days in the past.
A complete of 20 felines — eight from Namibia and 12 from South Africa — had been dropped at Kuno National Park in Sheopur district since final September.
The cubs had been believed to have been born 5 days in the past however they had been noticed by officers on Wednesday, a senior forest official stated.
`Siyaya’, their mom, was among the many eight cheetahs introduced from Namibia.
“It is a matter of happiness that Siyaya gave birth to four cubs,” Sheopur divisional forest officer P Ok Varma instructed reporters.
The mom and the cubs had been nice and wholesome, he added.
In truth, Siyaya has killed two animals since she grew to become a mom, officers stated.
She has been stored in a giant enclosure on the park as of now.
Sasha, one other feminine cheetah introduced from Namibia, died of a kidney-related sickness on March 27.
A feminine cheetah typically provides delivery 90 to 93 days after mating.
As Namibian cheetahs had been introduced right here on September 17, 2022, Siyaya would have mated after her arrival in India.
The 4 new-born cubs may be stated to be `Indian cheetahs’, born within the wild on Indian soil after the final cheetah was hunted within the Korean district of present-day Chhattisgarh in 1947.
This quickest land animal species was declared extinct within the nation in 1952.
The relocation of cheetahs from Africa is a part of an bold plan to revive their inhabitants in India.
Twelve cheetahs introduced from South Africa in February 2023 are housed in a quarantine enclosure and are wholesome and lively, a forest official stated.
The Namibian cheetahs — 5 feminine and three male — had been launched into enclosures on the KNP on September 17 at an occasion attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
SHEOPUR/BHOPAL: A cheetah translocated from Namibia to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh has given delivery to 4 wholesome cubs, officers stated on Wednesday.
The completely happy information got here within the wake of the dying of one other relocated feminine cheetah on the Park two days in the past.
A complete of 20 felines — eight from Namibia and 12 from South Africa — had been dropped at Kuno National Park in Sheopur district since final September.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
The cubs had been believed to have been born 5 days in the past however they had been noticed by officers on Wednesday, a senior forest official stated.
`Siyaya’, their mom, was among the many eight cheetahs introduced from Namibia.
“It is a matter of happiness that Siyaya gave birth to four cubs,” Sheopur divisional forest officer P Ok Varma instructed reporters.
The mom and the cubs had been nice and wholesome, he added.
In truth, Siyaya has killed two animals since she grew to become a mom, officers stated.
She has been stored in a giant enclosure on the park as of now.
Sasha, one other feminine cheetah introduced from Namibia, died of a kidney-related sickness on March 27.
A feminine cheetah typically provides delivery 90 to 93 days after mating.
As Namibian cheetahs had been introduced right here on September 17, 2022, Siyaya would have mated after her arrival in India.
The 4 new-born cubs may be stated to be `Indian cheetahs’, born within the wild on Indian soil after the final cheetah was hunted within the Korean district of present-day Chhattisgarh in 1947.
This quickest land animal species was declared extinct within the nation in 1952.
The relocation of cheetahs from Africa is a part of an bold plan to revive their inhabitants in India.
Twelve cheetahs introduced from South Africa in February 2023 are housed in a quarantine enclosure and are wholesome and lively, a forest official stated.
The Namibian cheetahs — 5 feminine and three male — had been launched into enclosures on the KNP on September 17 at an occasion attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
