Overview
- The Feb. 7 birth lifts India’s cheetah population to 35 and the count of Indian-born surviving cubs to 24, according to official tallies.
- The five-cub litter is Aasha’s second and marks the eighth successful cheetah litter documented in India since the reintroduction effort began.
- Project teams report round-the-clock surveillance through remote systems and field monitoring, with no human intervention unless medically required.
- The programme has recorded 21 cheetah deaths at Kuno to date, and officials caution that success will depend on juveniles reaching adulthood and breeding in open forest conditions.
- Madhya Pradesh authorities say eight additional cheetahs are scheduled to arrive from Botswana on February 28 as part of the next augmentation phase.