Cheetah Found Dead at Kuno National Park in MP

A 20-month-old female cheetah was found dead in the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district on Monday, a forest department official said. 

The carcass of the big cat, born to African cheetah Jwala, was found at around 6.30 pm and officials suspect she died in a leopard attack. 

The sub-adult cheetah, released into



the wild with her mother and three siblings on February 21, had separated from her mother more than a month ago and from her siblings a few days back, Cheetah Project Field Director Uttam Sharma said in a statement.

The preliminary cause of death appears to be a fight with a leopard though the exact reason will be known after the post-mortem report is received, he added.