Seopur, June 3 (IANS) A 27-month-old female cheetah, KGP11, was found injured in the Pahadgarh area of Morena district and has been shifted to a veterinary facility inside Kuno National Park for treatment and monitoring, forest officials said on Wednesday. According to the state forest department, a tracking team spotted the cheetah in an injured condition during routine surveillance on June 1. The team immediately alerted park authorities, following which veterinarians reached the site and cond…
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Shivpuri, May 25 (IANS) A leopard that strayed out of Kuno National Park (KNP) fell into a well while chasing a calf in Shivpuri district and injured two villagers during a rescue operation, an official said on Monday. According to information, the incident occurred in Bhilaudi village, located close to the national park’s boundary.The leopard entered the residential area from the forest on Sunday morning and spotted a calf grazing near agricultural fields.As the leopard chased the calf, the f…
Bhopal, May 22 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Friday that the state government is making continuous efforts to protect wildlife and strengthen biodiversity across the state. Speaking at the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) pre-summit event organised on International Biodiversity Day at the Indian Institute of Forest Management in Bhopal, the Chief Minister highlighted the state’s achievements in wildlife conservation, including the successful reintroduction of ch…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav said on Tuesday that the current Cheetah population in the country stands at 53, of which 33 are Indian-born. Chairing a review meeting of Project Cheetah, Yadav said, “Survival rates of introduced individuals and cubs have been found to be in line with, and in certain cases, better than, global benchmarks, demonstrating the effectiveness of scientific management and monitoring protocols.”He said the …
Sheopur, May 15 (IANS) Two female cheetahs from Botswana were released into the wild at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, taking the total number of free-ranging cheetahs in the park to 16, officials said. Field Director of the Cheetah Project in Madhya Pradesh said in a statement, “Today, two more Botswanan female cheetahs have been successfully released into the wild at Kuno National Park.”The statement added that post-release monitoring of the cheetahs will continue through …
Sheopur, May 12 (IANS) Four cheetah cubs born to female cheetah KGP-12 were found dead at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur on Tuesday morning, in a setback for India’s cheetah reintroduction project. Forest officials suspect the cubs may have been killed by a wild predator. The cubs, born on April 11, were about one month old.A monitoring team discovered their bodies near the den site during routine tracking in the Sheopur forest area, the Cheetah Field Director at Kuno s…
Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh), May 11 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Monday released two female cheetahs brought from Botswana into the open forest area of Kuno National Park after they completed their quarantine and acclimatisation period, marking another milestone under India’s ambitious ‘Project Cheetah’.The two cheetahs, named (for identification) as CCV-2 and CCV-3, were released near the banks of the Kuno River in Sheopur district. The animals were among nine cheetahs…
Bhopal, May 10 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav is scheduled to visit Kuno National Park in Sheopur on May 11 to spearhead a significant milestone in the state wildlife conservation efforts. During this visit, the Chief Minister will release two female cheetahs, originally brought from Botswana, from their protective enclosures into the open wilderness.This move marks a major step forward for the Cheetah Project, as the cheetah population in the state has now reached an impressiv…
Bhopal, May 7 (IANS) The Meteorological Centre in Bhopal has reported a sharp contrast in weather conditions across Madhya Pradesh. While thunderstorms and rainfall were recorded at isolated places in the Gwalior, Chambal, and Jabalpur divisions over the past 24 hours, most other regions remained dry.The weather office in Bhopal has predicted that moderate thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and wind speeds of up to 60 kmph are likely over Sheopur Kalan, Kuno National Park, and southern parts…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved three railway projects worth Rs 23,437 crore across Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana, increasing the existing network of Indian Railways by 901 km.These projects include the Nagda-Mathura 3rd and 4th Line; Guntakal–Wadi 3rd and 4th Line; and Burhwal–Sitapur 3rd and 4th Line, and are expected to be completed up…