Namibian cheetah gives birth to 4 cubs at MP's Kuno National Park, first cheetahs to be born on Indian soil in over 70 years
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New Delhi, Mar 29: In a significant development, "Four cubs have been born to one of the cheetahs translocated to India from Namibia", Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Wednesday.
The Environment Minister termed it a momentous event in India's wildlife conservation history during 'Amrit Kaal'. "I am delighted to share that four cubs have been born to one of the cheetahs translocated to India on 17th September 2022, under the visionary leadership of PM Shri @narendramodi ji," he tweeted.
The minister congratulated the entire team of Project Cheetah for their relentless efforts in bringing back the large carnivore to India and for their efforts in correcting an ecological wrong done in the past.
Congratulations 🇮🇳
— Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) March 29, 2023
A momentous event in our wildlife conservation history during Amrit Kaal!
I am delighted to share that four cubs have been born to one of the cheetahs translocated to India on 17th September 2022, under the visionary leadership of PM Shri @narendramodi ji. pic.twitter.com/a1YXqi7kTt
The development comes three days after one of the cheetahs, Sasha, passed away who suffering from a kidney ailment before she was translocated to India.
Eight cheetahs were brought from Namibia in mid-September last year and housed in the Kuno National Park in the Sheopur district.
Apart from these, twelve cheetahs brought to the KNP from South Africa last month are at present housed in a quarantine enclosure and they are healthy and active.
Before Sasha, the last cheetah died in India in the Koriya district of present-day Chhattisgarh in 1947 and the fastest land animal was declared extinct in the country in 1952.
