African Cheetah

African cheetahs currently housed at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park will be released into the wild starting at the end of October in a phased manner, officials at the Environment Ministry confirmed on Monday.

African cheetahs brought to India as part of the world's 1st intercontinental translocation of big cats will soon be released in the wild, nearly a year after they were returned to enclosures at Kuno National Park for health check-ups and monitoring.

South African Cheetah 'Gamini' with her five cubs on Friday morning, enjoyed the rain at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh Sheopur.

With this, the cheetah count at the Kuno National Park has increased to 27, including 14 cubs.

A five-year-old cheetah, brought to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh from South Africa as part of an ambitious reintroduction project, has given birth to five cubs, Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav said today.

Namibian cheetah Shaurya died due to septicemia, making it the fourth big cat to have died due to this condition, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav informed the Rajya Sabha .

A South African delegation, including wildlife experts, will arrive in February to assess the conditions at Madhya Pradesh's Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary which is slated to become the second home of cheetahs in India, officials said on Thursday.

A father and son managed to capture an adrenaline-pumping moment when a curious spotted hyena crossed paths with two fierce cheetahs.

A South African female cheetah that went untraceable in the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district since her radio collar stopped working on July 21, was captured on Sunday after a 22-day search operation, officials said.

The central government's ambitious Project Cheetah is facing a major problem, with the animals translocated from South Africa developing a "winter cover", a thick coat of fur, in anticipation of African winter, the Supreme Court was told on Monday.

Younger cheetahs that are habituated to management vehicles and human presence are preferred candidates for relocation to India, international experts involved in Project Cheetah have told the government based on lessons learnt.

A translocated African cheetah was injured in a fight with other cheetahs at the Kuno National Park (KNP) here, an official said on Tuesday.

South African wildlife expert Vincent van der Merwe on Thursday recommended fencing the cheetah habitats to circumscribe the overall threat to the big cats recently introduced in the country, prevent their "extreme ranging behaviour".

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) South Africa on Thursday said the deaths of two cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park are within expected mortality rates for a project of this nature.

The application said that in view of the recent introduction of African cheetahs in the Kuno National Park, the Centre has decided to re-examine the translocation of Asiatic lions from an expert's perspective.

African cheetahs currently housed at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park will be released into the wild starting at the end of October in a phased manner, officials at the Environment Ministry confirmed on Monday.

African cheetahs brought to India as part of the world's 1st intercontinental translocation of big cats will soon be released in the wild, nearly a year after they were returned to enclosures at Kuno National Park for health check-ups and monitoring.

South African Cheetah 'Gamini' with her five cubs on Friday morning, enjoyed the rain at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh Sheopur.

With this, the cheetah count at the Kuno National Park has increased to 27, including 14 cubs.

A five-year-old cheetah, brought to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh from South Africa as part of an ambitious reintroduction project, has given birth to five cubs, Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav said today.

Namibian cheetah Shaurya died due to septicemia, making it the fourth big cat to have died due to this condition, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav informed the Rajya Sabha .

A South African delegation, including wildlife experts, will arrive in February to assess the conditions at Madhya Pradesh's Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary which is slated to become the second home of cheetahs in India, officials said on Thursday.

A father and son managed to capture an adrenaline-pumping moment when a curious spotted hyena crossed paths with two fierce cheetahs.

A South African female cheetah that went untraceable in the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district since her radio collar stopped working on July 21, was captured on Sunday after a 22-day search operation, officials said.

The central government's ambitious Project Cheetah is facing a major problem, with the animals translocated from South Africa developing a "winter cover", a thick coat of fur, in anticipation of African winter, the Supreme Court was told on Monday.

Younger cheetahs that are habituated to management vehicles and human presence are preferred candidates for relocation to India, international experts involved in Project Cheetah have told the government based on lessons learnt.

A translocated African cheetah was injured in a fight with other cheetahs at the Kuno National Park (KNP) here, an official said on Tuesday.

South African wildlife expert Vincent van der Merwe on Thursday recommended fencing the cheetah habitats to circumscribe the overall threat to the big cats recently introduced in the country, prevent their "extreme ranging behaviour".

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) South Africa on Thursday said the deaths of two cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park are within expected mortality rates for a project of this nature.

The application said that in view of the recent introduction of African cheetahs in the Kuno National Park, the Centre has decided to re-examine the translocation of Asiatic lions from an expert's perspective.