Mukhi, the first Indian-born cheetah that became the face of ‘Project Cheetah’, gave birth to five cubs in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, thereby giving a boost to India’s Cheetah reintroduction initiative.

Mukhi was born on March 29, 2023, in Kuno National Park to Jwala and Shaurya, two cheetahs brought from Namibia the previous year.

Mukhi was abandoned by her mother and was found in a dehydrated state. Being the lone survivor among the three siblings, Mukhi was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) facility established in Kuno for treating cheetahs. She grew in an enclosure and learnt to survive in isolation.

Announcing the development in a post on X, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said this was the first instance in recent history of an Indian-born cheetah succ

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