New Delhi: Mukhi, now two-and-a-half years old, survived despite the odds. The first cheetah to be born on Indian soil in the wild in centuries, Mukhi was part of a litter of four born on 29 March, 2023.

Her mother Jwala – brought to India from South Africa under central government’s Project Cheetah in February 2023 – rejected her, and three of her siblings died due to extreme heat in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno within weeks.

On Thursday, the now-adult cheetah gave birth to five cubs, the first time that a second-generation of the species was born in Indian forests since the big cat was reintroduced to the country. Show Full Article

Officials said Mukhi gave birth in a soft “boma” at the Kuno National Park, where she was kept during her gestation period.

“This is the first time in recent hi

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