Neerva, a female cheetah that was brought from South Africa was released into wild from a large enclosure on Sunday evening, taking the count to seven, the divisional officer of the Kuno National Park (KNP) informed.“The female cheetah, who was between 3 and 4 years old, was released into the wild on Sunday night from a larger enclosure at the KNP,” according to Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Prakash Kumar Verma.Reportedly, ten cheetahs are still held in larger enclosures, while seven have already been released into the wild. The steering group established by the Centre will decide whether to release the remaining cheetahs into the wild.On September 17 of last year, as part of a comprehensive plan for the species rehabilitation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi transported eight Namibian cheetahs, five of which were female and three of which were male to the KNP and released them into designated enclosures.Later, 12 cheetahs were brought in, which included seven males and five females.Cheetahs died so far at KNPAccording to the reports, out of four cubs who were born in March, three got died last month in KNP. Apart from this, three adults from 20 that were brought from Namibia and South Africa have died also died.Cheetah revival officers will be sent on study tours: Union MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan, the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, and Bhupendra Yadav, the unions minister of forests, attended a meeting to review the cheetah population.Officials participating in the cheetah recovery effort will travel to Namibia and South Africa for study trips, according to Union Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav, whose country is where the cheetah were transported to Madhya Pradeshs Kuno National Park.Yadav stated he would visit the KNP, which is situated in the Sheopur district, on June 6 during his meeting with MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday.
