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Sheopur ; The Cheetah Project was started by Prime Minister Modi in view of the vanishing cheetah in India. So that the number of cheetahs in India can increase again. For which he gifted African cheetahs in Kuno National Park on his birthday. Let us tell you that the Cheetah Project in Kuno National Park is progressing in a phased manner. But they are not being shifted to other national parks yet. Regarding which recently Union Forest Minister Bhupendra Singh Yadav has given a big statement. In which he clearly said that at present the cheetahs will not be shifted to other national parks.
Forest minister said this about Cheetah project
Let us inform that Union Forest Minister Bhupendra Singh Yadav reached Kuno National Park in Sheopur district on Tuesday. During this, he took a meeting of the officers of the Forest Department and gave necessary guidelines. Along with this, while talking to the media persons, the minister said about the Cheetah project that our officers and our team are continuously monitoring, I myself come here many times to see the situation, everyone is working properly. The Cheetah project was first started in the Kuno National Park, where it will be developed. The Forest Minister said that arrangements have to be made at other places for alternative arrangements, work on this will be done in the second phase.
Death toll of cheetahs in Kuno rises to 23
During this, when he was questioned about the death of cheetahs, he kept silence and left from there as soon as the question was asked. Last year on September 17, 2022, on Prime Minister Modi’s birthday, eight cheetahs were brought from Namibia and released in Kuno in Madhya Pradesh, whereas, on February 18, another batch of 12 cheetahs were brought to India from South Africa. These 12 cheetahs included seven males and five females. Including all the cheetahs, at present the number of cheetahs in Kuno has increased to 23. which is very worrying
The total number of cheetahs in the open forest is 8.
The female cheetah Dhatri (Tbilisi), imprisoned in the large enclosure of Kuno National Park in Sheopur, has finally been released into the open forest. Now abandoned in the open forest of Kuno. Now the total number of cheetahs in the open forest of Kuno has increased to 8. Among them 4 are male and 4 are female. A total of 20 cheetahs were brought to Kuno from Namibia and South Africa so far. Of these, 3 have died. Now there are 17 leopards left. Apart from these, a cub is also present here.
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