Overview

• Dheera, a 7.5-year-old African female, was relocated on September 17 from Kuno National Park to Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh.
• Gandhi Sagar now holds three cheetahs—Dheera and two South African males, Prabhas and Pawak—within a 64 sq km fenced area designed for a managed breeding program.
• A 20-month-old India-born female from Jwala’s litter was found dead at Kuno on September 15, with preliminary findings indicating a clash with a leopard; a post-mortem has been conducted and the report is awaited.
• Kuno’s current count is 25 cheetahs—nine adults (six females and three males) and 16 India-born—while the nationwide total across Kuno and Gandhi Sagar stands at 27.
• Officials have intensified monitoring of other sub-adult cheetahs, noting that leopard density around Kuno poses a known risk that is factored into Project Cheetah’s management plan.