International Big Cat Alliance was announced by Modi in 2023 as a ‘multi-country, multi-agency coalition’ for the conservation of 7 big cats, 5 of which are found in India.
This marks Jwala's second litter, following a 10-month gap. In March last year, Jwala had given birth to four cubs, of which only one survived, while three succumbed to the extreme heat.
Another translocated cheetah died at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park on 16 January, taking the death toll of the big cats that went extinct in India decades back to 10, including three cubs.
Kuno National Park's chief conservator of forests Uttam Sharma talks about Project Cheetah & its challenges, the spate of deaths at the park & how his team's helping a lone cub survive.
Not to released from larger enclosure into wild unless prey populations are at appropriate level of 35 animals per sq km & ideally to 50 per sq km, says steering committee.
Project has seen 6 cheetahs die of 20 translocated from Africa. Animals were initially released into the wild of MP's Kuno national park but later quarantined after 3 died of septicemia.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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