Another Cheetah Dies At Kuno National Park Within A Month Of The First Loss

After becoming ill on Sunday morning, April 23, two months after being transferred to India from South Africa, a second cheetah passed away in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park. 

The Sick Cheetah

Around six years old, Cheetah Uday was a wild male captured along the Matlabas River in the Waterberg region of South Africa. On February 18, it was relocated in a batch of 12 to India.

The Cheetah Metapopulation organization, a non-profit public benefit organization that transferred this cheetah to Kuno, reported that it was in good health when it was brought into the country. However, after spending months in confinement, several of the cheetahs are reportedly losing fitness and experiencing chronic stress.

According to an announcement from the forest department, Uday seemed tired and limped during the daily check-up on Sunday morning. At 11 am, he was put to sleep and given the first round of medicine. He was then removed from the big cage. Hours later, at 4 pm, Uday passed away.

As per The Times Of India reports, a forest officer stated that the post-mortem would reveal the cause of death.

The Namibian Wild-Cat

Unfortunately, Uday’s death is not the first loss India has to suffer.

Five-year-old Sasha, a cheetah from Namibia, passed away last month from kidney disease. She was one of five female cheetahs brought in from Namibia the previous year and was among the first to enter Kuno National Park.

On the occasion of his birthday last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the eight cheetahs imported from Namibia into Kuno National Park. There were seven males and five females in the second shipment of cheetahs from South Africa.

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