Subhechcha Ganguly 
On Thursday, the Supreme Court requested the Center’s statement over the consecutive cheetah fatalities at Kuno National Park, stating that “40% of deaths occurring within a year does not reflect a good picture.”The top court was informed by the Centre that it is usual for 50% of translocations to result in fatalities.During a hearing on the subject of cheetah deaths, a bench of Justices BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala, and Prashant Kumar Mishra made these observations.
The court inquired of the Centre as to why they were making a prestige issue out of the deaths of two cheetahs last week.Orally, the Court advised moving some of the cheetahs to Rajasthan.”Jawai National Park, one of Rajasthan’s wildlife preserves, is well known for its leopard population. I think it’s about 200 kilometres from Udaipur. There, sightings are excellent. Consider adding another cheetah habitat there as a positive bias, he advised.In September 2022, twenty cheetahs were relocated from Namibia and South Africa to India as part of efforts to boost the cheetah population there.
Eight cheetahs, including three cubs, have perished at Kuno National Park since March of this year, according to media sources. Both internal cheetah fighting and other illnesses have been blamed for the deaths.Please make some constructive decisions. Instead of keeping them in one location, you should consider moving them to different sanctuaries, no matter what state or government is in power, the bench told assistant solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati, who was defending the Centre.
In order to provide a thorough affidavit outlining the circumstances behind each cheetah fatality, Bhati stated that the Centre was ready to file an affidavit outlining the reasons why the animals died.The federal law enforcement official added that authorities are looking at all options, including moving them to other sanctuaries.
