Kuno Cheetah Project: Daksha female cheetah brought from South Africa died in mutual fight
Kuno Cheetah Project: Sheopur. Naiduniya Rep. The Cheetah Project started in Kuno National Park has suffered a third major setback. A female cheetah named Daksha brought from South Africa has died on Tuesday. It is being told that he had a fight with some other leopard in the National Park. In this fight between the two, Daksha the female cheetah died. This is the third death of a cheetah brought from South Africa in two months. This is raising many questions on the park management. On Monday, the Union Ministry quoted a local news agency as saying that all the cheetahs resettled in Kuno from South Africa are healthy. Five of these will soon be released in the open. The rest will also be allowed to roam freely in the coming times. The mother cheetah named Daksha was brought from Namibia. Its earlier name was Finda. Uday and Sasha Cheetah, who were settled in Kuno National Park before Daksha, have died.
Daksha found in injured condition
Daksha monitoring team found a female cheetah released in Kuno National Park from South Africa in injured condition. Veterinarians gave him treatment, but he died at 30 in the afternoon. Daksha Cheetah was released in enclosure number one. Cheetah Coalition Vayu and Agni, brought from South Africa, were released in nearby shed number 7.
The decision was taken on April
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50 In the meeting held on April, Dr. Amit Mallick, Inspector General of National Tiger Conservation Authority, Dr. Qamar Qureshi of Wildlife Institute of India, Prof. from South Africa. Adrian Tordif and Vincent van der Maarw from the Cheetah Meta Population Initiative of South Africa. In this meeting, it was decided to mate Cheetah male coalition Agni and Vayu, brought from South Africa, with female Cheetah Daksha, present in enclosure number seven. The gate between enclosure number seven and one was opened on May 1. Cheetah Male Coalition entered the enclosure on May 6.
Wounds were found in the body of female cheetah Daksha
Looking at the wounds found on the body of female cheetah Daksha, it is suspected that violent interaction with male may have happened during mating. Male coalition cheetahs may have behaved violently with female cheetahs during mating. In such a situation, the intervention of the monitoring team is negligible. The veterinary team is examining the carcass of the dead female cheetah.
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