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 …
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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, April 27 (IANS) In a major boost to wildlife conservation, Madhya Pradesh is set to witness the return of wild buffalo after more than a century, with Chief Minister Mohan Yadav scheduled to formally launch the reintroduction programme in Balaghat on Tuesday.The initiative will begin in the Supkhar and Topla areas of the Kanha Tiger Reserve, where the Chief Minister will release a group of four wild buffaloes — three females and one male — into their natural habitat.This marks the firs…
Bhopal, April 11 (IANS) In a significant achievement for India’s cheetah reintroduction programme, a 25-month-old Indian-born female cheetah named Gamini has given birth to four healthy cubs in the wild at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupendra Yadav, described the event as a “Kuno milestone moment” and a proud achievement for the nation. Announcing the news on Saturday, the minister said that this is the first recorded …
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) India has emerged as a credible voice across the world for climate justice, equity and sustainable development, demonstrating that conservation and climate action are mutually reinforcing pillars of growth, and that prosperity for the people and protection of the planet can proceed together. It is one of the world’s 17 mega-biodiverse countries, accounting for nearly 8 per cent of all recorded species worldwide, despite occupying just 2.4 per cent of the global land are…
Bhopal, March 29 (IANS) Mukhi, India’s first cheetah born in the wild under the ambitious ‘Project Cheetah’, has turned three-years-old on Sunday, officials said. This milestone has been celebrated as a significant achievement for wildlife conservation in Madhya Pradesh and for the national effort to bring back the extinct species.Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav shared the joyful news on social media by posting beautiful photos of ‘Mukhi’, describing the moment as one of immense pride …
Ujjain, March 25 (IANS) On the occasion of his 61st birthday on Wednesday, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav delivered a message from the newly established All India Radio (AIR) station in Ujjain.The Chief Minister began his address by reaffirming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s commitment to make the Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2028 in the religious city a grand and world-class event.Delivering his message to people of his home district — which was later broadcast from 17 other …
Sheopur, March 23 (IANS) Nine cheetahs translocated from Botswana and released at the Kuno National Park in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh earlier late last month now have completed more than 20 days of quarantine period and the health of all these big cats is reported to be fit and healthy. Senior Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Uttam Sharma, who is currently serving as Feld Director of Kuno National Park and handling the ‘Project Cheetah’, told IANS on Monday that “all nine cheetahs br…
Bhopal, March 10 (IANS) Nauradehi wildlife sanctuary, which was renamed Rani Durgavati Sanctuary and covers the districts of Narasinghpur, Damoh, and Sagar in Madhya Pradesh, will soon become the third home of cheetahs in India, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Tuesday. The Chief Minister shared that preparations are almost at the final stage and that the Madhya Pradesh government will release some of the cheetahs from Kuno National Park (KNP) to Nauradehi in the next two months.“Proje…