Overview

• Cheetah Nirva, a five-year-old brought from South Africa’s Mapesu Reserve, gave birth to five cubs at Kuno National Park on April 27, 2025.
• With the new litter, Kuno National Park now hosts 29 cheetahs, including 19 cubs and 10 adults, reflecting successful adaptation and breeding.
• This milestone underscores the success of India’s Project Cheetah, an initiative to reintroduce and breed African cheetahs in the country after their extinction in the 1950s.
• Earlier in April 2025, two adult male cheetahs were relocated from Kuno to Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary, marking the project’s geographic expansion to a second site in Madhya Pradesh.
• Leaders and conservationists have celebrated the cubs’ birth as a symbol of biodiversity restoration and the effectiveness of habitat management efforts.