On Tuesday Morning, one of the Namibian cheetahs brought to Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh named Pawan was found dead. The cheetah was sighted around 10:30 am near a nullah that was in spate, said Uttam Sharma, the Additional Principal Chief of Conservation of Forest (APCCF) and Director of Lion Project.
Pawan, a male cheetah was found lying near the edge of the nullah in bushes, with the most part of his body up to the head into the water. During the initial inspections, no external injuries were observed on the body of the cheetah. The main cause of death is believed to be drowning, but more details will be revealed after the autopsy results are fully available.
This concept entailed the restoration of a cheetah species population that could be stable within the region hence was a big boost in India’s approach to wildlife conservation. His death is barely a week after the sad recent burial of a five-month-old cub named Gamini on August 5.
After Pawan, the Kuno National Park has now 24 cheetahs out of which 12 are adults and the other 12 are cubs. The park remains to be one of the key places of focus by the government of India in the attempt to reintroduce the cheetah species and in general, the balance of ecosystems.