Two male cheetahs, Agni and Vayu, were set free on Sunday in the tourist zone of Kuno National Park (KNP) situated in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh. Specifically, the Parond forest range, falling within the Ahera tourism zone of the national park, welcomed the release of these majestic cheetahs, offering tourists an exciting opportunity to observe them.
The KNP had been home to a total of 15 cheetahs – comprising seven males, seven females, and a cub -carefully housed in enclosures known as bomas, with a team of veterinarians diligently overseeing their health.
Regrettably, six adult cheetahs met their demise between March and August due to various reasons, raising the overall death toll to nine, including three cubs.
As part of the ambitious Cheetah Reintroduction Project, eight Namibian cheetahs (five females and three males) were released into designated enclosures at KNP on September 17, 2022. Adding to this initiative, an additional 12 cheetahs arrived at the national park from South Africa in February of the same year.
In March, the park celebrated the birth of four cubs to a Namibian cheetah named Jwala. Unfortunately, three of the cubs did not survive beyond May.
