In a statement, the ministry also said that Uday, the male adult South African cheetah who was found dead at KNP on April 23, had died of cardio-pulmonary failure, and that a detailed postmortem examination found that it did not suffer from any infectious disease that may affect other cheetahs.
The Madhya Pradesh forest department has sent samples of the cheetah’s blood, kidneys, lungs and heart to the School of Wildlife Forensic and Health in Jabalpur for further examination.
The Madhya Pradesh government shot a letter to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to find a new habitat for some of the cheetahs brought to Kuno National Park from Africa amid concern over space.