Kuno Cheetah, KGP11, Battling For Life In Veterinary Facility With Internal Haemorrhage, Coming 3-4 Days Crucial
“A thorough examination has confirmed internal haemorrhage in the cheetah": Reports
BHOPAL: A 27-month-old female cheetah of the Kuno National Park of Madhya Pradesh has been battling for life for the last five days in the veterinary facility in the wildlife life sanctuary after sustaining serious injury, cause of which is yet to be ascertained, a forest officer said on Friday.
The India-born cheetah, identified as KGP11, was spotted ill near the Pahargarh area of Morena district which lies on the periphery of the Kuno National Park on June one by the tracking team, leading the forest officials to shift her to the veterinary facility in Palpur under the national park.
“A thorough examination has confirmed internal hemorrhage in the cheetah. Intensive medical treatment has begun. She is responding to the treatment and her condition is stable. But a clear picture on her condition will emerge only after three-four days”, Field Director, Project Cheetah, Uttam Kumar Sharma, told this newspaper on Friday.
The cause of injury is yet to be ascertained, he said.
The cheetah had strayed into Pahargarh area from the Kuno National Park around a fortnight ago and a tracking team had been monitoring her movement since then, sources said.
The tracking team had suddenly found the cheetah behaving unusually on June one and alerted the authorities leading the veterinary team of the national park to rush to the spot to rescue her, sources added.
The veterinary facility in Palpur is considered the most modern medical unit for the wild animals, especially the cheetah.
Kuno in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district has a population of 50 cheetahs including 33 cubs while the Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary under Mandsaur district in the state houses three cheetahs, shifted from Kuno more than a year ago.
The cheetah reintroduction project was launched in Kuno in September 2022 when eight felines from Namibia were translocated to the national park.
Six months later, 12 more cheetahs were shifted to Kuno from South Africa.
In February this year, nine cheetahs were brought to Kuno from Botswana.
Cheetahs went extinct in India in 1952.
