One more cheetah, Suraj, has been confirmed useless at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on July 14, sources confirmed to The Hindu. The reason behind loss of life remains to be being decided. This is the fifth loss of life of an grownup cheetah in Kuno, since 20 have been translocated from South Africa and Namibia since September 22.
Only three days in the past, one other translocated male cheetah, Tejas, died at the park.
Suraj was discovered mendacity nonetheless in Palpur East Forest Range’s Masavani beat by a monitoring crew on July 14 morning. When they went nearer, they discovered bugs hovering over its neck however it then rose and ran away, information company PTI quoted an official as saying.
A crew of veterinarians and forest officers rushed to the spot and the cheetah was discovered useless round 9 a.m., the official stated.
“This is for the first time that a cheetah died in the free range,” he added.
There have been harm marks on his again and neck, and an in depth report was awaited, the official stated.
(With inputs from PTI)