5 more cubs at Kuno

• Cheetah ‘Gamini’ on Sunday gave birth to five cubs at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district, taking the total number of the big cats in the country to 26, Union Minister Bhupender Yadav said
• The number of cheetah cubs born in India now stands at 13

High five, Kuno! Female cheetah Gamini, brought from South Africa’s Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, has given birth to five cubs on Sunday. Bhupender Yadav, Union minister of environment, forests and climate change

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Cheetah reintroduction project

• 8 Namibian cheetahs, comprising five females and three males, were released into enclosures at KNP on September 17 in 2022
• 12 cheetahs were brought to the park from South Africa in February 2023
• 10 big cats have died since March last year
• 26 cheetahs in Kuno presently comprise seven females, six males and 13 cubs.