Cheetah

These animals prove evolution rewards speed, agility and reflexes, leaving even the cheetah amazed in nature’s ultimate race.

India’s first-ever cheetah safari opens in Kuno National Park — Here’s all you need to know

India takes a groundbreaking step in wildlife tourism with the launch of its first-ever Cheetah Safari at Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh. Opened on October 1, 2025, the safari invites visitors to witness the world’s fastest land animal in its natural habitat, combining conservation, education, and adventure. Here's all you need to know.

Madhya Pradesh: Cheetahs Prabhash and Pavak to get new home on Sunday

Eight Namibian cheetahs, comprising five females and three males, were released in KNP on September 17, 2022, marking the first-ever intercontinental translocation of the big cats

Eight cheetahs to be brought to India from Botswana; first four to arrive in May

Eight cheetahs will be brought to India in two phases. There is a plan to bring four cheetahs from Botswana to India by May 2025

Four cheers at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno park; cheetah Neerva gives birth to cub quartet

Prior to this, 17 cheetah cubs had been born at the KNP, where the fastest land animal on Earth was translocated from Namibia more than two years ago

2 years of Project Cheetah: Triumphs, trials and the road ahead in year three

As the grand initiative completes two years on Tuesday, authorities are speeding up efforts to bring in a new batch of cheetahs from Africa to the Gandhisagar Wildlife Sanctuary, which will be their second home in India, and setting up a conservation breeding centre in the Bunni grasslands in Gujarat

2 years of Project Cheetah: India awaits Kenya's approval for new batch

Seventeen cubs have been born in India, with 12 surviving, bringing the total number of cheetahs, including cubs, in Kuno to 24

India may import cheetahs from northern Africa: Officials

Several international experts, including in the UK and the US, have imported cheetahs from northern Africa.

IFS officer points out glaring error in SpiceJet's in-flight magazine

IFS officer Parveen Kaswan took to X (formerly Twitter) to point out a glaring error made by SpiceJet in their in-flight magazine. The airline referred to a leopard as a "cheetah".

India's reintroduction project on course despite challenges, says Cheetah Conservation Fund

The CCF has closely assisted Indian authorities in re-introducing cheetahs in India. CCF founder Laurie Marker has been instrumental in drafting plans for the introduction and has travelled to India several times since 2009.

Bullish on India | How cheetahs could run the long distance to 2047 in India

Wildlife enthusiast Saad Bin Jung has a suggestion to improve the cheetahs' chances in India: "Let the villagers become the protectors and conservators of our immense and diverse eco-biospheres."

'A few more cheetah deaths may occur, but these should be isolated events', says vet who helped translocate the cheetahs from South Africa

"Despite the cheetahs deaths, India still offers a safer habitat for these animals than most places in Africa. If this project fails, there will be very few viable options for the conservation of cheetahs." - Dr Adrian S.W. Tordiffe

One more cheetah dies at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh

Last month, two cheetahs died due to infection in wounds caused by the radio collars around their necks. However, the environment ministry said all cheetah deaths were due to natural causes.

Cheetah deaths at Kuno National Park troubling but not unduly alarming: NTCA to SC

The top court had on May 18 expressed serious concern over the cheetah deaths and asked the Centre to rise above politics and consider shifting the animals, which became extinct in the country in 1947-48, to Rajasthan.

Cheetahs to remain in Kuno, won’t be relocated: Union minister Bhupender Yadav

“We are in touch with experts, including international experts. Our team will visit there. The cheetahs will not be relocated and will remain in Kuno only,” the minister said.

Eighth cheetah dies at Kuno National Park

Only three days ago another translocated male cheetah, Tejas, had died at the park.

Another cub of cheetah ‘Jwala’ dies due to sweltering heat

Cheetah Jwala had birthed three cubs about two months ago, out of which her first cub who was weak since birth passed away earlier this month.

India should fence Cheetah habitats; worst still to come: South African expert

Several experts, even the Supreme Court, have expressed concerns over lack of space and logistical support in Kuno park in Madhya Pradesh and have suggested shifting cheetahs to other sanctuaries.

Female cheetah dies in MP's Kuno National Park; third death in 42 days

This marks the third cheetah death in the park within a month and a half.

'The deaths are expected': South Africa forest department respond to cheetah deaths in India

The cause of the six-year-old cheetah's death-identified as Uday-was not known at the time of its demise, as per forest officials.

Four cubs born to cheetah brought from Namibia to Kuno National Park

Four cheetah cubs have been born at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park. The cubs were born to a cheetah translocated from Namibia to India last year.

Female cheetah ‘Shasha’, brought from Namibia to Kuno National Park, dies

As part of an endeavour to restore the spotted cat to country, PM Modi released eight cheetahs that were imported from Namibia in Kuno National Park on September 17 last year. In India, the cheetah became extinct in the 1950s.

In Pics: All you need to know about India's Cheetah reintroduction project

A second batch of 12 cheetahs from South Africa arrived in India on February 18. Here's all you need to know about the Cheetah Reintroduction Project and how the big cat went extinct in India

More cheetahs to arrive in Kuno, tourist safari to be allowed from February: MP CM Shivraj Chouhan

Eight cheetahs from Namibia were released into the park in September last year as part of an ambitious project to revive the extinct cheetah population in the country.