No health complications have been reported for the eight cheetahs released in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

Responding to a question by BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi, state environment minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey also said that all the eight cheetahs have been released in larger acclimatization enclosures and none of them are under quarantine.

“No sir, no health complications have been reported in the released cheetahs,” Choubey said when asked about the health status of the big cats. The minister also said that India is likely to bring 12 to 14 cheetahs from South Africa and Namibia or other African countries every year for the next five years. According to the “Action Plan for Cheetah Reintroduction in India” prepared by the Wildlife Institute of India, around 12–14 wild cheetahs (8–10 males and 4–6 females) would be imported, ideal for establishing a new cheetah population. from South Africa, Namibia and other African countries, initially as a founding tribe for five years and thereafter as the program may require. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the first batch of eight cheetahs – five females and three males – from Namibia into a quarantine enclosure in Kuno National Park on his birthday on 17

The cheetah has returned to India 70 years after the species was declared extinct in the country in 1952.

The great beast was completely exterminated from the earth due to overhunting and loss of natural habitat.

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