Bhopal, May 23 (). One of the four cubs born to Namibian female cheetah Siaya Akka Jwala in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park (KNP) has died. Officials gave this information on Tuesday.
A senior forest official told , “Our team is trying to ascertain the exact reason behind the death of the two-month-old female cub.”
Earlier, two cheetahs named Sasha and Uday, brought to India from South Africa, died in March and April respectively, while the third cheetah named Daksh died on May 9.
Siaya, a female cheetah from Namibia, was later named Jwala by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of India (NTCA), the nodal agency for Project Cheetah. Jwala gave birth to four cubs at KNP in March this year.
Four cubs were born within a week of the death of the first Namibian cheetah in March, one of which was killed by a female cub. This was the fourth cheetah to die in KNP since March this year.
A total of 20 cheetahs were brought to India in two phases. Eight cheetahs were brought from Namibia on September 17, 2022 and 12 from South Africa on February 18, 2023.
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