Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the death of the third cheetah in Kuno National Park, the Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on May 10 described it as administrative ‘murder’.
He said the BJP which brought them only for political demonstration had the responsibility to provide a safe environment, free from diseases and mutual conflicts.
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“The death of the third cheetah in Kuno is actually an administrative murder. The BJP gathering, which did political demonstration, also had the responsibility to provide a safe environment to foreign cheetahs free from diseases and mutual conflicts,” wrote Mr. Yadav in Hindi on social networking site Twitter.
The SP chief added the death was a clear case of cruelty to animals and demanded punitive action. “This is a clear case of cruelty to animals; punitive action should be taken in this matter,” he said.
Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh witnessed the death of a cheetah, named Daksha, on May 9. It was the third cheetah brought from South Africa and Namibia which had died at the park in the last three months. It is believed the cheetah died due to a wound inflicted by a male cheetah during mating.
“The animal was observed to be hurt during the morning monitoring session on May 9. Though veterinarians attended to her, Daksha died at noon,” said a press release by the Madhya Pradesh Forest department.
