The last African cheetah, Nirva, in the wild in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park has been missing for almost a month.
The last African cheetah, Nirva, in the wild in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park has been missing for almost a month. The ninth cheetah, Dhatri a female, out of the 20 cheetahs brought from South Africa died on August 3 after she went missing for a week.
The last African cheetah, Nirva, in the wild in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park has been missing for almost a month.
Cheetahs Dhatri, Sasha, Uday, Daksha, Suraj, Tejas, and three cubs have died at Madhya Pradesh바카라s Kuno National Park 바카라 since March 바카라 less than a year since they were reintroduced with great vigour as part of India바카라s ambitious cheetah project. The ninth cheetah, Dhatri a female, out of the 20 cheetahs brought from South Africa died on August 3 after she went missing for a week.
Cheetah Conservation Fund in collaboration with the Kuno National Park vet team, conducted a post-mortem examination on Dhatri and found that she died from an infection due to maggot infestation (myiasis). With Dhatri바카라s death, only one more cheetah is left in the wild in Kuno and teams have been working to bring back Nirva for 바카라comprehensive health assessments and any necessary treatments바카라, the CCF said.
According to a report by The Wire, Nirva바카라s radio collar had run into problems and is reportedly not working, which makes it difficult for the monitoring teams on ground to locate her. In fact, the death of nine cheetahs in Kuno has reignited the debate on radio-collaring animals and the purpose it serves.
The latest death came days after a scathing letter to the Supreme Court by South African and Namibian experts 바카라 all part of the Cheetah Project Steering Committee 바카라 expressed 바카라serious concerns바카라 about the management and complained of how their 바카라expert opinions바카라 were being 바카라ignored바카라, and how they had to 바카라beg바카라 for information.
According to a report by The Indian Express, the letter dated July 15 was signed by South African veterinary wildlife specialist Dr Adrian Tordiffe on behalf of his colleagues 바카라 Cheetah specialist Vincent van der Merwe, and wildlife veterinarians Dr Andy Fraser and Dr Mike Toft. The experts flagged to the Supreme Court that the current management of the project had 바카라little or no scientific training바카라 and was ignoring their opinions. They wrote that they had become 바카라mere window dressing바카라 for the much-vaunted project, Express reported.