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Bengaluru: Nabha, an African cheetah that came from Namibia in 2022, is the latest to die in India’s ongoing ambitious Project Cheetah at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. The eight-year-old female died on July 12, a week after it was “possibly” injured in a “hunting attempt” within its enclosure.

The death of the Namibian cheetah comes just three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address in Namibia’s Parliament on July 9, claimed that the cheetahs sent from the country were “happy” and had told him to convey the message that “everything is fine”.

According to an official statement by Madhya Pradesh Assistant Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director of Kuno Uttam Kumar Sharma, Nabha was “badly injured a week back probably during [sic] hunting attempt inside her Soft Release........

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