Cheetah Population in Kuno National Park
South African cheetah ‘Gamini’ has given birth to five cubs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, India, marks a significant effort to restore the native cheetah population that became extinct in 1948. The project, initiated in 2022, has seen the importation of cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa. Despite challenges such as adaptation to local weather conditions and a notable mortality rate among the introduced cheetahs, the project aims to establish a self-sustaining wild cheetah population to aid in the conservation of grasslands and open ecosystems. The birth of three new cubs to the Namibian cheetah Aasha in December is a positive sign of the project’s potential success.
