Madhya Pradesh: In Kuno Palpur National Park (KNP), the sixth and final leopard wandering in a larger area intended for cheetahs has emerged and snuck into the wild, an official said.
Before the eight cheetahs from Namibia arrived in September, six leopards had already stepped foot inside the acclimatisation enclosures. The final leopard departed the enclosure on Friday after five others had already left.
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Kuno’s Divisional Forest Officer Prakash Kumar Verma informs
On Saturday, Kuno’s Divisional Forest Officer Prakash Kumar Verma stated “The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has informed as per camera traps that the last leopard came out of the enclosure on Friday.”
He claimed that enclosure number 6 was where the leopard was roving. Cheetahs have not yet been released in this cage, according to reports.
On September 17, eight cheetahs were airlifted from Namibia to MP as part of a bold plan to reintroduce the nation’s swiftest mammal.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi allowed them to leave the KNP quarantine area.
Obaan, Alton, and Freddie, three cheetahs, were moved from the quarantine area to the acclimatisation enclosure earlier this month, according to officials.
According to an official, Elton and Freddie were transferred to the acclimatisation enclosure on November 5 while Obaan was released into the larger enclosure, covering a five square kilometre area, on November 18.
This month, officials indicated they will also move the remaining five cheetahs to the spacious enclosure.
Following their arrival, the eight cheetahs—five females and three males in the 30-66 month age range—were housed in six “bomas” (enclosures).
In 1947, the last cheetah in India perished in the Koriya district of what is now Chhattisgarh, and in 1952 the species was officially deemed extinct in the nation.
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