
A 19-month-old cheetah that crossed the borders of Kuno National Park died from internal organ damage due to five pellets hitting its body.
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Asiatic cheetahs became extinct in India by 1952; With the project launched in 2022, cheetahs began to be transported from Africa.
A 19-month-old male cheetah, who crossed the borders of a protected national park in India and wandered through the forest, was shot and killed.
The cheetah, which was found injured in the forest in Madhya Pradesh state on Sunday, was immediately taken under veterinary care.
The animal, which the authorities took into surgery to save it, died yesterday.
The Ministry of Environment announced that five pellets were removed from the animal's body during the surgical intervention.
Medical examinations confirmed that death resulted from multiple internal organ damage caused by pellets.
Stating that it took the incident with the highest level of seriousness, the Ministry of Environment appointed a high-level investigation committee to conduct a comprehensive investigation in the field and announced that rapid steps would be taken against those responsible.
The killed cheetah was the first animal to be shot with a gun since the historic project launched in 2022 with the aim of reintroducing the world's fastest land mammal to Asian lands.
The mother of the young male cheetah, born in India, was brought from Botswana, Namibia and South Africa as part of the move to revive the population.
Asiatic cheetahs were officially extinct in India in 1952.
This critically endangered subspecies, which once spread throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and India, is today struggling to survive in very small numbers only within the borders of Iran.
To fill this gap, the Indian government started transporting cheetahs from Africa to Kuno National Park, 300 kilometers south of New Delhi, in September 2022.
The young man who was shot was targeted while wandering outside the borders of Kuno and into the forest.
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The investigation team will conduct an investigation on the field.
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