Tiger conservation body tracks 2 Kuno cheetahs in Rajasthan

“KP-2 has been tracked in the Mangrol range of Baran, while KP-3 entered the Banjh Amli Conservation Reserve after travelling 60–70 km from KNP. Both animals are positioned approximately 6 km apart on either bank of the Parvati River. Both cheetahs are under 24×7 GPS and radio-collar monitoring by a joint inter-state team, with field teams deployed from the Kishanganj and Anta ranges,” an NTCA official said.

The authority further said that long-distance dispersal across landscape boundaries was a well-documented and natural territorial behaviour in cheetahs. “The Project Cheetah Action Plan explicitly anticipates and provides for inter-state movement within the Kuno–Gandhi Sagar metapopulation landscape. These movements reinforce the strategic rationale for the proposed 17,000 sq km Kuno–Gandhi Sagar inter-state wildlife corridor spanning seven districts in Rajasthan and eight in MP,” an official said.

Earlier in December 2025, KP-2 had entered the same region before being tranquilised and relocated to KNP. However, experts have advised against tranquilising KP-2 for the second time within a span of three months as repeated tranquilisation could impact the health of the big cat.

An MoU was also proposed, which if formalised, could have commenced a study on developing grasslands for the movement of cheetahs in both states. However, the MoU is yet to be signed between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.