Mukhi, the miracle cub, becomes the face of India’s cheetah comebackDeclared extinct in India in 1952, cheetahs have made a remarkable return, symbolized by Mukhi, the first cub born on Indian soil after rei...
17 Sep, 2025, 02.38 PM IST
Namibian cheetah dies of injuries in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno, total count now down to 26Nabha, an eight-year-old female cheetah translocated from Namibia, died from injuries sustained during a hunting attempt at Kuno National P...
12 Jul, 2025, 02.30 PM IST
Cheetah Nirva gives birth to five cubs at Kuno National Park: CM YadavCheetah Nirva has given birth to five cubs at Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh, increasing the cheetah population to 29. Two cheetahs wer...
28 Apr, 2025, 09.35 AM IST
Cheetahs Prabhash and Pavak get new home in MP's Gandhi Sagar SanctuaryMadhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav relocated two South African cheetahs, Prabhash and Pavak, to Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary from Kuno Nat...
20 Apr, 2025, 07.02 PM IST
Eight cheetahs to be brought to India from Botswana; first four to arrive in MayIndia is set to receive eight cheetahs from Botswana in two phases, with the first four expected by May 2025. The cheetah relocation projec...
18 Apr, 2025, 09.50 PM IST
Project Cheetah: Who will change their spots, & how?The Madhya Pradesh Forest Department refused to disclose information about Project Cheetah under the RTI Act, citing national security. Con...
26 Jul, 2024, 10.46 PM IST
No plan for cheetah relocation from Kuno National Park: Union minister Bhupender YadavTo a query on relocation of cheetahs from the KNP, Yadav said, "There is no plan going on for this...Naturally, the infection caused by ins...
06 Aug, 2023, 09.15 AM IST
Cheetahs developing thick coats in anticipation of African winter leading to fatal infections in Indian conditions: ExpertsExperts involved in India's Project Cheetah believe that the six adult cheetahs and three cubs that have died since March this year may hav...
04 Aug, 2023, 11.20 AM IST
India should go for younger cheetahs habituated to human presence: Experts tell govtYounger cheetahs habituated to human presence and management vehicles are the preferred candidates for relocation to India, according to in...
04 Aug, 2023, 11.19 AM IST
No real answers for Kuno cheetah deaths, just theoriesTo be fair, cheetah deaths were expected in the initial Project Cheetah study. In fact, the deaths are fewer than anticipated, and happily ...
30 Apr, 2023, 07.51 PM IST
India to get more than 100 cheetahs from South AfricaIndia was once home to the Asiatic cheetah but the animal was declared extinct there by 1952, primarily because of habitat loss and deaths ...
27 Jan, 2023, 06.43 AM IST
70 years after extinction in India, 1st batch of cheetahs set to arrive in AugustApart from its fantastic speed - which I have seen only on film and observed it in a couple of zoos - I had not been much enamoured of the ...
29 Jul, 2022, 11.08 PM IST
India set to reintroduce South African cheetah in a wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh by AugustA team from South Africa is visiting Kuno Palpur next week to examine the arrangements made for the cheetahs. Discussions to bring the chee...
07 Jun, 2022, 05.07 PM IST
Cheetahs from Namibia to be kept at Nauradehi sanctuary, NTCA tells SCThe Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, has supported the proposal to re-introduce cheetahs in the country.
22 Feb, 2019, 06.30 PM IST
Supreme Court red flags move to translocate African cheetah in IndiaThe Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt a blow to the ministry of environment and forests by staying its ambitious cheetah reintroduction projec...
09 May, 2012, 05.43 AM IST
- Workshop on cheetah relocation begins, views differ
Strategies to reintroduce the cheetah in the country's wild were discussed threadbare at a workshop on Wednesday with some experts supporti...
09 Sep, 2009, 07.24 PM IST
- Plan for cheetah relocation in India
Cheetah experts from across the world are congergrating here tomorrow to discuss the strategy to translocate the fastest animal on earth he...
08 Sep, 2009, 09.57 PM IST