6 cheetahs’ radio collars were taken off in Kuno National Park
Six cheetahs in the Kuno national park in Madhya Pradesh no longer have their radio collars on.
After their radio collars were taken off, two of the six cheetahs were found to have a “severe infection.”
The two cheetahs are among six wild cheetahs that have been returned to their cages as part of a preventative strategy after two of them died on July 11 and 14, according to The Indian Express.
The wildlife specialists had earlier recommended that the devices be taken out, claiming that they thought they may be infecting the cheetahs.
According to the report, the six cheetahs Pavak, Aasha, Dheera, Pavan, Gaurav, and Shaurya had their radio collars taken off.
The health of the cheetahs was also checked, it was said.
The male coalition of Namibian brothers Gaurav and Shaurya suffered serious illness, while several cheetahs had tiny lesions. We’ve stocked up on their medications, and we’re talking about measures to make sure the radio collar issue doesn’t come up again. The newspaper reported a wildlife authority as saying that there could be a design problem that would be examined.
According to the article, which cited wildlife authorities, the cheetahs were in varying stages of illness but were generally healthy.
Since September of last year, at least eight of the 20 cheetahs that were relocated from Namibia and South Africa to Kuno have perished for different causes.
The first occurred on March 27 and included Sasha, a Namibian cheetah who suffered from renal disease. Officials think Sasha had the issue before she got to Kuno.
A female cheetah named Daksha that had been imported from South Africa died on May 9 after having a “violent interaction” with two male cheetahs during mating.
Tajas and Suraj were the names of the two male cheetahs who passed away on July 11 and 14.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has disputed as “unscientific” accusations that Tajas and Suraj perished from diseases brought on by radio collars.
