The death of a number of cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa that had been introduced into an Indian nature reserve last year is a major setback for India, which hopes to fill its forests with the rare cats after the loss of its own native species seven decades ago.
Experts say plastic radio collars could be behind some of the fatalities, as some of the eight cats found dead in central India’s Kuno National Park bore telltale injuries to the neck.
