Subhechcha Ganguly 
“Kuno’s fresh cubs! Jwala, a Namibian cheetah, gave birth to three cubs. Congratulations to all of the nation’s frontline protectors and wildlife enthusiasts. May the wildlife of Bharat flourish… Bhupender Yadav shared a video on social media X, formerly known as Twitter.Jwala, formerly known as “Siyaya,” gave birth to four cubs in March 2023, but only the female one made it out alive.The fastest land mammal, the cheetah, was officially declared extinct in India in 1952. As part of the national government’s grand scheme to bring back the cheetah population in India, animals were relocated from South Africa and Namibia to the Kuno National Park.
On September 17, 2022, eight large cats from Namibia—five females and three males—were released into enclosures at the park as part of the Cheetah Reintroduction Project. Twelve more cheetahs were sent to the park from South Africa in February 2023. Four cheetahs were released into the wild in December of last year; however, two of them were later caught and placed in bomas, or enclosures.Agni, one of these two cheetahs, was tranquillized in Rajasthan’s Baran area and returned to the KNP in December. Concerned about feline fatalities, the Supreme Court requested in May of last year that the Centre provide a thorough affidavit outlining the causes and corrective actions implemented.
