According to authorities, two male cheetahs were moved to a soft release cage at Kuno National Park (KNP) in the Sheopur region of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.
On Sunday, the cheetah reintroduction effort in India celebrated its one-year anniversary.
Since July 19 of this year, Gaurav and Shourya, two male cheetahs, have resided in the quarantine boma (enclosure).
According to procedure, both cheetahs were moved to a “soft release boma” after the conclusion of their medical checkup, according to authorities.
They said that “Gaurav and Shourya were moved to the soft-release enclosure under the direction of the expert team.”
On September 17 of last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released eight Namibian cheetahs—five female and three male—into cages in KNP as part of the Cheetah Reintroduction Project. Twelve additional cheetahs from South Africa arrived at KNP later in February of this year.
Four kittens were born to the Namibian cheetah ‘Jwala’ in March after the cheetahs were returned to Indian soil, however three of them perished in May.
Nine adult cheetahs have passed away since March for a total of six different causes, leaving 14 adult cheetahs and one baby in good health within their cages.
Seventy years after the cheetah’s extinction in the country’s wild, cheetahs were reintroduced there.
