The cheetahs are currently kept in six enclosures and are being fed buffalo meat.
New Delhi:
Two of the eight African cheetahs, which were brought from Namibia and released in mid-September in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, have committed their first kill within 24 hours, news agency PTI reported. told.
Officials told PTI that the cheetahs hunted a cheetal (spotted deer) on Sunday night or early Monday. This was his first victim after his transfer.
Cheetah – Freddie and Elton – were the first pair to be released into a large enclosure on 5 November after being separated from 17 September.
They were moved from the quarantine zone to an adaptation enclosure on November 5, and will eventually be released into the wild.
Yesterday, the PM had said that the cheetahs were healthy, active and adjusting well.
“Good news! I am told that after the mandatory quarantine, 2 cheetahs have been released into a larger enclosure for further adaptation to the Kuno habitat. The other will be released soon. Glad that all the cheetahs are healthy, active and active. Adjusting well,” PM Modi had tweeted along with a short video of two feral cats.
Great news! Am said that after the mandatory quarantine, 2 cheetahs have been released into a larger enclosure for further adaptation to the Kuno habitat. Others will be released soon. I am also glad to know that all the cheetahs are healthy, active and keeping well. I pic.twitter.com/UeAGcs8YmJ
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 6 November 2022
Experts have said that as per international norms, wild animals have to be in quarantine for a month before and after being transferred to another country to prevent the spread of any infection.
The cheetahs are currently kept in six enclosures and are being fed buffalo meat, a member of the Centre’s task force on Big Cats told PTI.
As part of the ambitious “Project Cheetah”, the feral cats were reintroduced at a ceremony by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kuno National Park on September 17, seven decades after their local extinction. Beginning to return.
Eight cheetahs – five females and three males in the age group of 30-66 months and named Freddy, Alton, Savannah, Sasha, Oban, Asha, Sibili and Saisa – were transferred in a phased effort to bring back the big cats from Namibia. to India.