Death of two cheetahs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district was a failure of the state Forest Department’s wildlife management team. There was hope and anticipation that the cheetahs, brought from Namibia and South Africa, would flourish here and their count would increase but the cheetahs are dying. Kuno National Park is spread over 720 square kilometres and 40 cheetahs can live in it. The area is not small. Most of the cheetahs are kept locked in big enclosures, they are not free yet. It was decided at the technical meeting of the Nodal Committee of NTCA in 2021 that the cheetahs would be kept at Darrah enclosure of Mukundara Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan.
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