India News | Cheetah Revival Project Officials to Be Sent on Study Tours to Namibia, SA, Says Union Forest Minister
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Union Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday said officials involved in the cheetah revival plan will be sent on study tours to Namibia and South Africa from where the big cats have been brought in and housed at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
Bhopal, May 29 (PTI) Union Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday said officials involved in the cheetah revival plan will be sent on study tours to Namibia and South Africa from where the big cats have been brought in and housed at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
Also Read | BJP Wins Both Seats in Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad Bypolls.
During his meeting with MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here, Yadav said he will be visiting KNP, in Sheopur district, on June 6.
Also Read | BJP Chief Ministers Discuss People-Centric Schemes During Meeting With PM Narendra Modi.
Six cheetahs have died at KNP since March. While three of the four cubs born to cheetah Jwala died on May 23, Sasha, one of the translocated Namibian cheetahs, died due to a kidney-related ailment on March 27, and cheetah Uday, brought from South Africa, died on April 13.
Daksha, a cheetah brought from South Africa, succumbed to the injuries following a violent interaction with a male during a mating attempt on May 9 this year.
Money and all logistic support for safety, conservation, revival will be provided, the Union minister added.
Yadav also said Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary is being readied in the state as an alternative home for the cheetahs, though he added the number of cheetahs in KNP was less than its capacity.
CM Chouhan said he was disturbed by the death of three cheetah cubs recently.
It is true the survival rate of cheetah cubs was low across the world but his government would take all efforts to ensure the well being of the big cats, Chouhan said.
Five female and three male cheetahs brought from Namibia were released into enclosures at the KNP at an event attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 17, 2022.
Another set of 12 cheetahs were brought from South Africa in February 2023.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)