Three new cubs born to Cheetah Gamini in MP’s Kuno Park; India’s count rises to 38

SHEOPUR (MP): (Feb 18) Cheetah ‘Gamini’ has given birth to three cubs at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, taking the number of these big cats in India to 38, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Wednesday.

Describing it as a “roaring” success of the government’s ambitious Cheetah re-introduction programme, Yadav said it is a powerful symbol of the country’s determined and historic conservation effort.

Gamini was translocated to India from South Africa as part of the ambitious project launched in September 2022 to revive the population of the world’s fastest land animal in India, which had gone extinct decades ago.