{"id":299951,"date":"2025-11-22T16:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T16:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/299951\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T16:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T16:20:12","slug":"indias-first-home-born-cheetah-gives-birth-to-five-cubs-in-historic-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/299951\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s first home-born cheetah gives birth to five cubs in historic breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Project Cheetah \u2014 key facts<\/p>\n<p>Launched: 17 September 2022<\/p>\n<p>Goal: Restore cheetahs to India after 70 years<\/p>\n<p>Imported cheetahs: 20 (8 from Namibia, 12 from South Africa)<\/p>\n<p>Cubs born in India: Over two dozen, including Mukhi\u2019s new litter<\/p>\n<p>Success indicator: First reproduction by an India-born cheetah (Mukhi)<\/p>\n<p>Monitoring tools: Radio collars, drones, camera traps<\/p>\n<p>Future sites: Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary, Shahgarh Landscape<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s edge: World\u2019s first intercontinental cheetah translocation project<\/p>\n<p>Mukhi, just 33 months old, is now the first Indian-born cheetah to <a href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/world\/gulf\/saudi\/saudi-arabia-welcomes-birth-of-four-cheetah-cubs-after-40-years-of-extinction-in-arabian-peninsula-1.103588865\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reproduce, marking a crucial validation<\/a> for the world\u2019s first intercontinental cheetah translocation effort launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>A story of survival to motherhood<\/p>\n<p>Cheetahs around the world \u2014 at a glance<\/p>\n<p>Scientific name: Acinonyx jubatus<\/p>\n<p>Fastest land animal: Up to 110km\/h<\/p>\n<p>Global population: ~7,000 remaining in the wild<\/p>\n<p>Historic range: Africa, Middle East, Iran, India<\/p>\n<p>Current range: 90% restricted to southern and eastern Africa<\/p>\n<p>Critically endangered population: Iran (only 10\u201312 Asiatic cheetahs left)<\/p>\n<p>Primary threats: Habitat loss, conflict with livestock farmers, low genetic diversity<\/p>\n<p>Average litter size: 3\u20134 cubs (Mukhi\u2019s 5 is notably high)<\/p>\n<p>Cheetahs extinct in India: 1952<\/p>\n<p>Reintroduced: 2022 (Namibia &amp; South Africa translocation)<\/p>\n<p>Turning point for India\u2019s wildlife restoration<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/author\/stephen-n-r\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gulfnews\/2025-05-15\/lxugegpt\/Stephen_N_R__pic.jpg\"  alt=\"Stephen N R\" class=\"qt-image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Senior Associate Editor with more than 30 years in the media, Stephen N.R. curates, edits and publishes impactful stories for Gulf News \u2014 both in print and online \u2014 focusing on Middle East politics, student issues and explainers on global topics. <\/p>\n<p>Stephen has spent most of his career in journalism, working behind the scenes \u2014 shaping headlines, editing copy and putting together newspaper pages with precision.  <\/p>\n<p>For the past many years, he has brought that same dedication to the Gulf News digital team, where he curates stories, crafts explainers and helps keep both the web and print editions sharp and engaging. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Project Cheetah \u2014 key facts Launched: 17 September 2022 Goal: Restore cheetahs to India after 70 years Imported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,1799,66,323],"class_list":{"0":"post-299951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-india","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}