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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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Topic: Kuno

Phase 2 of India’s cheetah project likely to begin by year-end, 12 to 15 cheetahs may be brought

India is exploring sourcing cheetahs from countries other than South Africa & Namibia, an environment ministry official told ThePrint. New batch will be introduced in 3 habitats.

Cheetahs won’t be sent into wild unless prey base is sufficient; action plan inadequate, says panel

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.

Cheetah Mitras are the ambassadors of Modi’s Kuno dream. They have been on the frontlines

The cheetah mitras may be the BFFs of the big cats, but like the rest of India, even they don’t know what’s happening within the national park, and why the cheetahs are dying.

3rd African cheetah dies in Kuno, of injuries from ‘violent mating’

20 cheetahs have been introduced in the Madhya Pradesh national park since September 2022 – eight from Namibia and 12 from South Africa.

Project Cheetah: Five more to be released into the wild at Kuno National Park before monsoon

Three females, two males will join three others which are out in KNP. Once monsoon ends in September, situation will be reassessed for release of another 10 in Kuno or Gandhisagar.

2nd cheetah dies in MP’s Kuno National Park — Uday was ‘low on energy, lying down’ before sudden death

Team of 5 veterinarians from Jabalpur & Bhopal rushed to Kuno, expected to conduct post-mortem Monday to ascertain cause of death. The cheetah, translocated from South Africa, died Sunday.

Cheetah brought to India last year dies of kidney ailment, MP govt says was sick before arrival

Sasha was one of 8 Namibian cheetahs brought to India last year as part of translocation project. MP forest dept says blood test revealed she was suffering from kidney infection.

Conservation plan on track, 12 South African cheetahs land in India – total tally at 20

The cheetahs were released into quarantine enclosures. After at least 30 days in quarantine, they will be moved to larger fenced enclosures before being released into the wild.

IAF plane carrying 12 cheetahs from South Africa arrives in Gwalior

The cheetahs – seven males and five females – comprise the second set of big cats coming to Kuno, the first set of eight from Namibia having been released on 17 September.

On Camera

Road building is a money-making racket in India. And we have a very short memory

We get very angry when rain disrupts our lives and brings our cities to a halt, but by the time the elections come around, we have forgotten how angry we were.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.