“Eight cheetahs dying out of a total 20 brought here in just one year does not present a good picture. Also Read | One more cheetah dies at Kuno National ParkAdditional Solicitor-General Aishwarya Bhati, for the Centre, said the deaths though unfortunate were expected. Cheetah deathsOn July 14, a male cheetah named Suraj, translocated from South Africa, died at KNP. This took the total number of cheetah deaths at the park in Sheopur district since March to eight. The court had on May 18 expressed serious concern over the cheetah deaths at KNP and asked the Union government to rise above politics and consider shifting them to Rajasthan.

Source: The Hindu July 21, 2023 04:06 UTC