Global Courant 2023-05-25 20:46:29
ANKARA
Three of the four cubs of one of eight cheetahs transported to India from Namibia in March died, authorities said on Thursday.
The cubs had multiple causes of death on Tuesday, Jasbir Singh Chouhan, a senior wildlife official in the state of Madhya Pradesh, told AA correspondent.
Saying that the reasons leading to the death of the puppies were “Eight weeks old and their weight was low. High temperature, thirst and exposure to the sun”, Ali added that the temperature in the region reached 47 degrees. Celsius (116 Fahrenheit) this week.
Adding that they are in contact with cheetah experts in Namibia and South Africa, the Minister said, “The fourth cub is in good condition and is under treatment.”
In March this year, India announced that one of eight cheetahs transported from Namibia had four cubs.
In September last year, the fastest land animal was reintroduced to India, 70 years after it was officially declared extinct in 1952 due to mass hunting and poaching.
Eight big cats from Namibia and 12 from South Africa have so far been relocated to their new refuge, Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
Three of the 20 cheetahs have died so far.
Earlier this month, a female cheetah named Daksha died after being injured by one of the big cats in Kuno National Park. Two more cheetahs, Sasha and Uday, died of illness in February and April, respectively.
While the government was confident that the relocation of the cheetahs would be successful, many experts in the country expressed skepticism about the government’s ambitious project to reintroduce cheetahs into Indian forests.
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