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Five cheetah cubs at Kuno usher in a new lineage
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Kuno cubs take Project Cheetah to 60 animals.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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Five cheetah cubs were born at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on 5 October to KJP21, an India-born female whose mate came from Botswana.
Their birth takes the count under Project Cheetah to 60.
Project Cheetah began in 2022 with cheetahs translocated from Namibia.
स्रोत: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
मुख्य तथ्य
Remember these
- Five cheetah cubs were born at Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh, on 5 October
- The cubs' mother KJP21 is India-born; the father came from Botswana
- Project Cheetah's count now stands at 60 animals
- Project Cheetah began in 2022 with cheetahs translocated from Namibia
- Cheetah was declared extinct in India in 1952
प्रीलिम्स · मेन्स
How the exam will ask it
प्रीलिम्स
- Project Cheetah reintroduced the cheetah at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, with the first animals translocated from Namibia in 2022.
- The cheetah was declared extinct in India in 1952, and the species is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
- Birth of cubs to an India-born female marks the start of a new lineage of the reintroduced population.
मेन्स
GS3 Environment: conservation and biodiversity. The issue is whether a reintroduced apex predator can establish a self-sustaining population; Project Cheetah relies on translocation from Africa and breeding in Kuno, and India-born mothers raising cubs is a key milestone. The implication is the need for adequate habitat, prey base and genetic diversity, and the way forward is additional sites, scientific monitoring and community involvement.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
India's Project Cheetah, which reintroduced the species at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh in 2022, began with the translocation of cheetahs from:
- South Africa
- Botswana
- Namibia
- Kenya
उत्तर देखें
उत्तर: C — Correct: Namibia — The first cheetahs, released at Kuno in 2022, were translocated from Namibia. • South Africa — wrong: South Africa supplied a later batch in 2023, not the first cheetahs released in 2022. • Botswana — wrong: Botswana is not where the 2022 founder cheetahs of the project came from. • Kenya — wrong: Kenya did not supply the 2022 founder cheetahs of the project.
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