Panel wants Kuno cheetahs to undergo medical review
- July 17, 2023
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Panel wants Kuno cheetahs to undergo medical review
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- Following the deaths of two cheetahs over the last week, the expert advisory committee overseeing the implementation of Project Cheetah has recommended that all the animals undergo a thorough, physical medical review.
- This will involve recalling even the animals which have been released into the wild and investigating if the radio-collars dangling from their necks may be indirectly abetting infections.
- Looking ahead, a Cheetah Research Centre — with facilities for rescue and rehabilitation as well — will be established.
- Other measures on the cards include bringing additional forest area under the administrative control of Kuno National Park; adding additional frontline forces; and establishing a second home for the animal in the Gandhi Sagar sanctuary, the Ministry statement noted.
Cheetah Reintroduction Project
- The cheetah reintroduction project is the world’s first inter-continental cheetah translocation project.
- Totally 20 Cheetahs are scheduled to arrive in
- The main goal of the cheetah programme is to establish a viable cheetah metapopulation in India that allows the cheetah to perform its functional role as a top predator and provides space for the expansion of the cheetah within its historical range, thereby contributing to its global conservation effort.
Kuno National Park
- Situated between the Aravallis and the Madhav National Park, Kuno serves as an important wildlife corridor
- It was notified as a sanctuary in 1981 and then upgraded to a national park in 2018.
- Spread over 750 kilometres of pristine wilderness, it is rich in floral diversity with more than 120 species of trees.
- The tropical dry deciduous forest mainly consists of Anogeissus pendula (Kardhai), Senegalia catechu (Khair) Boswellia serrata (Salai) and associated flora.
Why Kuno Palpur NP ?
- There is no dearth of water in Kuno and there is abundant prey.
- Kuno also has ample natural habitat for the cheetah in the form of grasslands, savannah, and open woodland with evergreen riverine ravines.
- Sheopur district, where Kuno is located, has rainfall levels, temperatures, altitude and conditions similar to that of South Africa and Namibia.