Wildlife

Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park experts are monitoring the eight cheetahs brought from Namibia, who are trying to acclimatise to the new environment in India. On September 20, wildlife experts said they are monitoring from hole in a loft near their quarantine enclosures to ensure the least human intervention. There are five female and three male Cheetahs, aged between 30 to 66 months and are in good condition, said DFO.

In Jammu and Kashmir's Tanday park, arrangments have been made for the animals to beat the scorching heat this summer. Reportedly, watermelon, cucumber and green fodder are served to the animals, along with 24 hour water supply. A forest guard also stated that they sprinkle water on the sheds to them cool them down. Tanday park is home to spotted deers, barking deers, a goral deer, reptiles and other animals.

In a bizarre incident, four men allegedly gang-raped a Bengal monitor lizard inside the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra. All four men have been identified. They had allegedly come to the Chandoli village for hunting. The incident came to light when the forest officials checked the phone of one of the men. The heinous act had been recorded on camera. This reptile is protected under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972.

In a shocking incident, two adult leopards were found dead in Sheopur district of Madhya Pardesh. One among the two have been suspected to have strayed from Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, forest officials confirmed on January 24. "One apparently died about five days back, while another one is suspected to have died two-three days back," Officials claimed. However, the exact cause of the death is yet to be discovered.

Chhattisgarh state animal, wild buffalo is on the edge of extinction. Though several efforts were taken by the state government and forest department, they failed to take measures to save the wife buffalo. On August 25, a female buffalo of seven years old died and post mortem report stated that the reason for death was pulmonary issues, said Ayush Jain, deputy director of the tiger reserve.