Cheetah project hit: 10-month-old cub found dead; Veera, sibling under watch

BHOPAL: A milestone for India’s cheetah reintroduction task turned tragic little than a time aft celebrations, erstwhile a 10-month-old cub was recovered dormant successful Kuno National Park successful MP Friday afternoon.The cub, released into the Parond scope connected Dec 4 on with its parent Veera and sibling, appears to person been separated from them during the night, officials said.The merchandise by CM Mohan Yadav during an International Cheetah Day lawsuit had been hailed arsenic “historic”.Veera, who was brought from South Africa successful aboriginal 2024, gave commencement to the 2 cubs successful Feb 2025. Their merchandise was seen arsenic a important conservation step, expanding the fig of free-ranging cheetahs successful Kuno.However, the solemnisation rapidly gave mode to interest erstwhile trackers mislaid the cub’s radio-collar awesome Thursday night. “We mislaid the awesome aft dark. When telemetry picked up question again Friday, the carnal was already dead,” a tract authoritative said. The carcass was recovered without immoderate disposable injuries.“The nonstop origin of decease volition beryllium known lone aft the autopsy is conducted,” state’s main wildlife warden Shubranjan Sen told TOI, adding that Veera and her remaining cub are unneurotic and doing well.Officials said a dedicated squad of wildlife veterinarians, radio-tracking experts and tract unit are maintaining round-the-clock surveillance connected the released animals.