The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on July 16 attributed all cheetah deaths at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh so far to natural causes.
Cheetah Mortalities At Kuno National Park
As per the preliminary analysis by the NTCA, any suggestions that collar-related infections had killed two cheetahs last week were speculation and hearsay.
Project Cheetah is yet to complete a year. The project will be premature to conclude the outcome in terms of success and failure. All stakeholders have gained valuable insights in Cheetah management, monitoring and protection in the last 10 months.
Wildlife veterinarians have suggested that two South African male cheetahs had died last week from septicemia caused by bacterial infections that had resulted from fly larvae, feeding on skin tissues near the cheetahs’ neck collars.
However, the NTCA statement, released by the Environment Ministry, appeared to challenge the collars-and-flies angle. “Such reports are not based on any scientific evidence but are speculation and hearsay,” the Ministry said.
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