NEW DELHI, Jul 13 (NNN-PTI) – An eight-year-old female Namibian cheetah, died yesterday, at the Kuno National Park (KNP), in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, officials said.
The cheetah succumbed to her injuries that she sustained approximately a week ago, reportedly during a possible hunting attempt, inside a soft-release boma (enclosure) at the KNP.
“Nabha, an eight-year-old Namibian female cheetah, died today (yesterday)… She had fractures in both the Ulna and the Fibula on the left side, along with other injuries. She was under treatment for a week but succumbed to her injuries,” said a statement issued by Uttam Sharma, the field director of the Cheetah Project.
With the latest death, the KNP is now left with 26 cheetahs, including nine adults (six females and three males) and 17 cubs.
In Sept, 2022, the Indian government reintroduced cheetahs in the country, for the first time, decades after declaring them extinct from their Indian habitat. Initially, eight cheetahs – five females and three males – were flown from Windhoek, Namibia, to Madhya Pradesh in a customised cargo plane, and kept at KNP.– NNN-PTI
