Overview
- State and union officials announced on November 20 that Mukhi and her five cubs are healthy and under 24/7 monitoring at Kuno National Park.
- Authorities describe this as the first confirmed reproduction by a cheetah born in India under the reintroduction programme.
- Mukhi, born in March 2023 to a translocated African female, survived abandonment, extreme heat, and a forelimb injury before being hand‑reared, trained on live prey, and rewilded.
- Park leaders say the likely father is a young male born at Kuno, though paternity has not been genetically confirmed.
- Reports place India’s cheetah population in the low 30s after this litter, with plans to import eight cheetahs from Botswana to strengthen genetic diversity.