Cheetahs in Kuno: Is India's effort to reintroduce the big cat facing a crisis?:
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Experts Raise Concerns Over India's Kuno Cheetah ProjectSince March, six relocated cheetahs and three cubs have died in the 74,200-hectare Kuno National Park.
- Twenty cheetahs were relocated from South Africa and Namibia to Kuno in September 2022 and February 2023.
- Regarding the first eight deaths, South African and Namibian experts said improved monitoring and faster veterinary care might have prevented them.
- On 16 July, the NTCA said all deaths had natural causes and other explanations lacked scientific evidence.
- The experts recommended urgent veterinary assessments, collar checks, real-time information sharing, and moving more prey species to Kuno.
Detailed and close monitoring is the key to the success of this project. And very close communications to plan for all challenges faced during the reintroduction.— Laurie Marker, executive director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), in an interview with BBC
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- In September 2022, eight radio-collared cheetahs from Namibia arrived at Kuno National Park.
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it was covered with thousands of maggots from head to toe— Anonymous veterinarian who saw footage of one of the two cheetahs' bodies.
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