Two additional India-born cheetah cubs have passed away at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh, a forest official reported on Thursday, putting the nation’s ambitious plan to restore the cheetah population in jeopardy.
As a result, there are already three cheetah babies deceased at the KNP, and three of the 20 adult cheetahs relocated from South Africa and Namibia have also passed away there.
On May 23, there had been a cub’s death in the park.
The two further cubs also passed away on the same day—Tuesday afternoon—but their demise wasn’t announced until Thursday.
The official withheld the explanation for why the deaths of these two cubs on the same day were not reported.
Cheetahs were relocated to the KNP from Namibia and South Africa as part of a large-scale effort to repopulate the species in India after it went extinct there seven decades ago.
According to an official statement, the monitoring team for the forest department maintained a close eye on the movements of female cheetah Jwala and her three remaining cubs after one of the cubs died on May 23.
After being relocated from Namibia in September of last year, Jwala, formerly known as Siyaya, gave birth to four cubs in the final week of March.
On May 23, the monitoring team discovered that the remaining three cubs’ health was not excellent and made the decision to save them for therapy. The midday temperature was then between 46 and 47 degree celsius.
Severely dehydrated cubs were discovered. The two cubs were not able to be saved despite therapy, it claimed.
The fourth cub’s condition was stable, although it was also receiving aggressive therapy, it was stated.
Sasha, a translocated Namibian cheetah, passed away on March 27 from a kidney condition, while Uday, a South African cheetah, passed away on April 13.
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