Kuno: The South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and Environment spoke about the death of two cheetahs in the Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh. They said that the end of these Cheetahs came under the expected mortality rate, and there was nothing to worry about in this incident.
Chhetah Uday was among a batch of 12 transported to India on February 18. The six-year-old wild male was captured close to the Matlabas River in the Waterberg region of South Africa.
As he dies of mysterious illness, the Department said that “The Cheetah joined eight of the mammals relocated to India’s Kuno National Park from Namibia in September 2022. The two Cheetah Deaths (one from Namibia and one from South Africa) observed to date are within expected mortality rates for a project of this nature.”
The primary reason why the Cheetahs were relocated to Kuno National Park was to increase their population. Later the statement continued by saying, “Large carnivore reintroductions are extremely complex and inherently risky operations. This is a critical phase of the project, with Cheetahs being released into larger environments with increasingly less control over their day-to-day well-being.”
The Government of South Africa also said in a statement that they’re waiting for the autopsy of the death of the two Cheetahs. There is also no sign that the Cheetahs died due to any infection or whether it poses a threat to other Cheetahs or not.