New Delhi: The Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh welcomed its first set of baby cheetahs on Wednesday as one of the Namibian cheetah gave birth to 4 cubs. The cheetah named Siyaya gave birth to 4 healthy cubs, reports said. The developments comes just days after the demise of one of cheetahs named Sasha, due to kidney disease. The happy news was shared by Union Minister Bhupender Yadav. He also tweeted photos & videos of new born cubs on Twitter. Congratulations ?? A momentous event in our wildlife conservation history during Amrit Kaal! I am delighted to share that four cubs have been born to one of the cheetahs translocated to India on 17th September 2022, under the visionary leadership of PM Shri @narendramodi ji. pic.twitter.com/a1YXqi7kTt — Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) March 29, 2023 All these cheetahs were introduced to MP’s Kuno National Park from Namibia, as part of the ambitious Cheetah reintroduction program. A total of 8 cheetahs were brought from Namibia last year and released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Kuno National Park. The first batch of Cheetahs (from Namibia) comprised of 5 female & 3 male felines and were released at Kuno Park on PM Modi’s 72nd birthday. Later, another set of cheetahs were released in the Kuno Park by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. CM Shivraj shares joy over birth of cheetah cubs Elated at the birth of 4 baby cheetahs, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan also shared his joy & excitement and thanked the Prime Minister for introducing the felines in MP’s wildlife sanctuary. “Madhya Pradesh has become cheetah state,” he tweeted माननीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी आपकी प्रेरणा और सफल प्रयासों से चीता की सुखद वापसी भारत में हुई है। मध्यप्रदेश चीता स्टेट बना है। आज कूनो नेशनल पार्क में चीता परिवार में चार नये शावकों के आगमन से हम समस्त मध्यप्रदेशवासी हर्षित एवं आनंदित हैं। ???? pic.twitter.com/8eJL3TskXs — Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) March 29, 2023 Cheetahs were declared extinct from the country way back in 1952, with the last spotted feline having died in Chattisgarh’s Koriya district in 1947.
