The revival plan: India’s journey from destroying cheetah population to reintroducing it

70 years after cheetahs went extinct, India brings 8 African cheetahs to revive the population

Radio collars of 6 cheetahs removed at Kuno National Park

The collars were blamed for deaths of 2 cheetahs translocated from Namibia and South Africa to Kuno

Link as old as time

Considered an enigma today, cheetah is an integral part of Indian history, notes wildlife expert Divyabhanusinh in The Story of India’s …

South African cheetah gives birth to five cubs in Kuno

There are now 26 cheetahs in Kuno National Park, including 13 cubs

DTE Exclusive: Female cheetah in Kuno undergoing treatment for renal failure

Prognosis not good, chances of survival are bleak, says source

Cheetahs in India: New cats on the block

India’s plan to reintroduce cheetahs has chances of success, but uncertainties remain

Another cheetah ‘Shaurya’ dies at Kuno; 10th death so far

Trackers witness incoordination & staggering gait, tranquilised cheetah fails to recover from CPR

Consider shifting cheetahs to Rajasthan, don’t make it  prestige issue, SC tells Centre

40% of cheetah deaths in less than a year does not give a good picture, says SC

Three-year-old cheetah Siyaya gives birth to litter of four cubs at Kuno

It will take at least three months to understand the gender of the cubs 

The fate of the Cheetah Reintroduction Plan hangs in the balance

Even as the world marked International Cheetah Day on December 4, the nearly one-decade-old plan to reintroduce the Cheetah to India has still …

Finally, pact to bring 12 cheetahs from South Africa signed

Speculations that big cats to arrive by first week of March; no official confirmation yet

Cheetah reintroduction project shows conservation sciences need more rigour and consensus

Carnivore conservation in human-dominated landscapes requires more than expertise of wildlife biologists

Mismanagement, negligence and political pressure are killing Kuno cheetahs

Experts say not too late, but a severe restructure and competent authorities incharge needed to salvage the project

Cheetahs in India: Why is it a new experiment?

Cheetahs became extinct in India in the 1950s

‘India’s cheetah plan is flawed, may become hurdle for national conservation priorities’

Cheetah reintroduction plan is unscientific and pushes other conservation plans on the back burner 

Please give Project Cheetah some time: Divyabhanusinh

Down To Earth speaks to the author of ‘The story of India’s cheetahs’, first published in 1995, which has more or less been the …

Second African cheetah dies in Kuno National Park of cardiac failure

Uday, 6, arrived in India in February 2023 from South Africa

A great reason to celebrate International Tiger Day with the Cheetah

Eight African cheetahs will be relocated from Namibia to India in August for captive breeding in the Kuno National Park 

Asiatic Cheetahs are fast becoming extinct; less than 50 alive

Human-wildlife conflict, habitat loss and fragmentation, and illegal trade are major reasons for disappearance of these cheetahs

African cheetahs may adapt well to Kuno-Palpur: Dereck Joubert

Down To Earth speaks to veteran wildlife filmmaker Dereck Joubert about how the cheetah introduction project in Kuno-Palpur could pan out; …

Reintroducing cheetahs: Elephants help in moving leopards away from Kuno National Park

It is easier to spot and tranquilise leopards riding on elephants, say forest officials

Cheetahs in Kuno next week: Leopard attacks, poaching, stress of capture remain concerns

Those in charge of the cheetah project told DTE that they had factored in concerns for the reintroduced species  

World Cheetah Day 2022: Social media fuels illegal trade in the species

World lacks environmental awareness, resources to stop the menace

Eight months since Project Cheetah began, 3 of the animals are already dead

A third cheetah, ‘Daksha’, died on May 9; officials claim the death occurred during mating

Asiatic Cheetah cubs born for the first time in captivity in Iran

The cubs were delivered by C-section at the Touran Wildlife Refuge in the Semnan province east of Tehran on May 1, 2022