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In the latest incident, the feline was tranquilised on April 22 while he was about to cross over to a forest in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh and brought back to KNP.

They will be kept in a big enclosure for at least a month and later they will be released into the wild where they will join the Namibian Cheetahs.

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One of the cheetahs brought to India as part of Project Cheetah from Namibia gave birth to four healthy cubs on Wednesday. Three-year-old-old Siyaya, a captive-bred cheetah, who delivered four cubs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, was pregnant after mating in late December. The gestation period for cheetahs is 90 to 93 days.

A day after a Namibian cheetah died at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Tuesday sought details of experts in the Cheetah Task Force such as their qualification and experience. The four-and-a-half-year-old female cheetah, named Sasha, died due to a kidney ailment more

As reported by The Indian Express in July 2022, the Centre’s draft 25-year roadmap for Project Lion has no provision for any translocation outside Gujarat. Instead, the focus is on “assisted natural dispersal across Saurashtra” by the time India celebrates 100 years of Independence in 2047.

The government said that it is no longer necessary and mandatory for the NTCA to continue to take the guidance and advice of the expert committee.

A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Vikram Nath asked the Centre to furnish details of the experts in the task force who specialise in cheetah management, their experience and qualification within two weeks.

Senior Advocate Prashanto Chandra Sen, appearing for NGO Centre for Environment Law WWF, says that the Cheetah Task Force does not have any cheetah expert in the panel

Only 60-70% translocated cheetahs survive, says a report