A ten-month-old cheetah cub died at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park on Friday, a day after it was released into the wild with its mother and sibling.

On Thursday, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav had released cheetah Veera and her two ten-month-old cubs from their enclosures into the Parond forest region of Kuno in Sheopur district.

The cub separated from Veera and the other cub during the night, the field director of the Cheetah Project said.

The cause of death will be known after a post-mortem examination, the official added.

With this, Kuno now has 28 cheetahs, eight adults and 20 that were born in India, the park administration said.

Since 2023, at least 15 cheetahs have died.

In September 2022, cheetahs were reintroduced under Project Cheetah to India seven decades after t

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