Cheetahs in India: Why is it a new experiment?

Cheetahs became extinct in India in the 1950s

Simply Put: Finding Kuno’s cheetahs

Second African cheetah dies in Kuno National Park of cardiac failure

Uday, 6, arrived in India in February 2023 from South Africa

Reintroducing cheetahs: Elephants help in moving leopards away from Kuno National Park

It is easier to spot and tranquilise leopards riding on elephants, say forest officials

Consider shifting cheetahs to Rajasthan, don’t make it  prestige issue, SC tells Centre

40% of cheetah deaths in less than a year does not give a good picture, says SC

South Africa confirms signing of MoU to translocate more than 100 cheetahs to India

As part of the MoU, 12 cheetahs will be brought to India annually for the next 10 years

Are cheetahs at home?

Concerns raised on progress of Project Cheetah after more than a year since translocation of the wild cats

Twelve cheetahs from South Africa arrive in Madhya Pradesh

This is a continuation of ‘Project Cheetah’ under which eight cheetahs from Namibia were reintroduced to the Indian landscape …

Link as old as time

Considered an enigma today, cheetah is an integral part of Indian history, notes wildlife expert Divyabhanusinh in The Story of India’s …

Omicron: India will not get African Cheetahs this year

The team of experts delegated to carry out the project was about to leave for Namibia in November, but had to return from the airport …

The revival plan: India’s journey from destroying cheetah population to reintroducing it

70 years after cheetahs went extinct, India brings 8 African cheetahs to revive the population

Cheetah deaths, including that of cubs, in Kuno could have been avoided, say experts

Lack of communication and not sharing timely data resulted in poor intervention, they add  

Radio collars of 6 cheetahs removed at Kuno National Park

The collars were blamed for deaths of 2 cheetahs translocated from Namibia and South Africa to Kuno

Finally, pact to bring 12 cheetahs from South Africa signed

Speculations that big cats to arrive by first week of March; no official confirmation yet

Mismanagement, negligence and political pressure are killing Kuno cheetahs

Experts say not too late, but a severe restructure and competent authorities incharge needed to salvage the project

Cheetah reintroduction project shows conservation sciences need more rigour and consensus

Carnivore conservation in human-dominated landscapes requires more than expertise of wildlife biologists