One of the cheetahs translocated to the Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh, was injured following a skirmish between two pairs on Monday. The animal has been brought to a quarantine enclosure where it is being treated. A senior official told The Hindu that the animal is likely to recover soon.
“Two cheetahs of a coalition had a fight with another two and one among them got injured, requiring treatment. His [hunting] partner, too has been brought and kept in the enclosure. It seems that he will recover soon,” Rajesh Gopal, who chairs an apex committee of experts constituted to oversee the management of cheetahs, told The Hindu, “ This is a natural behaviour among cats, including tigers.”
Of the 20 cheetahs flown in from Namibia and South Africa since September 2022, three adults have died. Though one of the cheetahs gave birth to four cubs, only one survived. It was taken by park officials and is being hand-reared as it hasn’t yet been accepted back by its mother.
