Sasha, a cheetah, died in MP’s Kuno National Park due to a kidney ailment

At the Kuno National Park in MP, India, a Namibian cheetah passed away. It was found that the cheetah, Sasha, had a kidney infection.

At the Kuno National Park in MP, India, a Namibian cheetah passed away. Sasha the cheetah was apparently in good health when it was transported to India on September 17, 2022, but a kidney infection was later found. This incident was a setback for the initiative to increase the number of cheetahs in the nation.

about Namibian Cheetah.

On September 17, 2022, the cheetah was transported from Namibia as part of an Indian initiative to reintroduce cheetahs into the wild after they were exterminated in the nation more than 70 years earlier.The government had intended to release 50 cheetahs into the wild over the following few years when the initiative was first announced in 2018.In the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, close to the Vindhyan Hills, is where Kuno National Park can be found.

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The park is part of the larger Kuno Wildlife Division and covers an area of 748 square kilometres.It was initially established as a wildlife sanctuary, but in 2018 its designation was changed to national park.

The Kuno River, one of the main tributaries of the Chambal River, which flows through the area, which is primarily grassland, is where the park gets its name.Jungle cats, Indian leopards, sloth bears, Indian wolves, striped hyenas, golden jackals, Bengal foxes, dholes, and more than 120 different bird species can all be found in the park.

The “Action Plan for the Introduction of Cheetah in India” included Kuno National Park.

Project Cheetah

With the intention of reintroducing cheetahs to India, the first-ever project to translocate large wild carnivores across continents was started.The Supreme Court of India gave its blessing to Project Cheetah in January 2020 as a pilot programme.

The project aims to reintroduce about 50 cheetahs into the wild in India over the following five years.