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Madhya Pradesh: if you too Kuno National Park If you want to enjoy safari, then tell that now you can also see cheetahs roaming in the open here. Yes, Kuno National Park Management has left 2 out of 8 cheetahs brought from Namibia free in the park. These cheetahs were brought from Namibia on 17 September 2022. One of these leopards is male and one is female and they have been named Oban and Asha. These cheetahs will be continuously monitored and for this 4 teams have also been employed. These teams will continuously keep an eye on these 24 cheetahs.
Project to revive cheetah population
Out of the 8 cheetahs brought from Namibia last year, 2 cheetahs Oban and Asha were today released for free movement in the forest of Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park (KNP) after about six months. An officer gave this information. It may be known that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had released these cheetahs for segregation in special enclosures of Kuno National Park on September 17 last year, under the project of reviving the population of extinct cheetahs in India in 1952. They have been taken out of the isolation enclosures in November and shifted to the bigger enclosure, where they are also hunting. There are five females and three males in these cheetahs.
Sheopur, MP | Out of the 8 cheetahs that were released on September 17 in Kuno National Park from Namibia, a male cheetah Oban & female cheetah Asha, were released into the open forest: Prakash Kumar Verma, DFO
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— ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2023
Currently total 20 leopards in Kuno National Park
Madhya Pradesh’s Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) JS Chauhan told – Cheetahs named Oban and Asha were released in the forest. Now both are roaming freely in the forest. These are among the 8 cheetahs that were brought to the KNP in September last year. He said that first Oban was released in the afternoon and a few hours later, Asha was released into the forest. Without disclosing the deadline, Chouhan said – the remaining cheetahs of this group of 8 cheetahs will also be released in a phased manner for free movement in the forest. Apart from these 8 cheetahs, 12 cheetahs brought from South Africa have also been released in different enclosures on February 18 this year in Kuno National Park. There are currently 20 cheetahs in Kuno National Park. (with language input)
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