Overview

• Environment ministry officials say negotiations are underway with Botswana, Namibia and Kenya, with an 8–10 animal batch expected by December from Botswana or Namibia and a similar consignment from Kenya likely next year.
• India currently has 27 cheetahs, including 11 translocated from Africa and 16 born in the country, with about 15 free-ranging primarily at Kuno National Park.
• Authorities have identified additional release landscapes beyond Kuno and Gandhi Sagar, naming Gujarat’s Banni grasslands and Madhya Pradesh’s Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary for upcoming introductions.
• Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary has readied four quarantine bomas and three soft‑release enclosures covering about 64 sq km, according to local forest officials preparing for new arrivals.
• Project Cheetah reports a cub survival rate near 61% versus a roughly 40% global average and an 85.7% adult survival rate in Kuno’s second year, with the government planning to import roughly 10–12 cheetahs annually to maintain genetic diversity.