Namibian Female Cheetah Nabha Dies Of Injuries In Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park

An eight-year-old female cheetah named Nabha, brought from Namibia under India’s cheetah reintroduction project, died on Saturday (12 July) at Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh due to injuries sustained during a suspected hunting attempt, NDTV reported.

“Nabha was badly injured a week back, probably during a hunting attempt inside her soft release enclosure. She had fractures in both ulna and fibula on the left side, along with other injuries,” said Cheetah Project Field Director Uttam Sharma said in a statement, as quoted by NDTV.

Despite being under treatment for a week, she could not recover.

Further details will be known after the postmortem, he added.

Following Nabha’s death, Kuno National Park is now left with 26 cheetahs, comprising nine adults (six females and three males) and 17 cubs born in the park.

All are healthy and doing well, Sharma said, adding that two male cheetahs shifted to Gandhisagar from KNP are also doing well.

Of the 26 cheetahs, sixteen have been released into the wild.

Sharma added that they have adapted well to the habitat, have learned to live with co-predators, and are regularly hunting.

He said that the anti-ecto-parasitic treatment for all cheetahs has been completed recently.

He also confirmed that two female cheetahs, Veera and Nirva, along with their newborn cubs, are doing well and thriving inside the park.

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