The process of reintroducing cheetahs to India has had another success with the birth of three cubs.<\/p>\n
Bhupender Yadav, the environment minister, announced the news as “a roaring new chapter,” with the country’s cheetah population now standing at 38 individuals, according to Phys.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Asiatic cheetahs went extinct in India in 1952, and only a small number of the critically endangered subspecies currently survive in Iran. The subspecies, which is slightly smaller than its more well-known African cousin, has been nearly wiped out by excessive hunting, habitat degradation, and the loss of prey to human hunters, per the International Society for Endangered Cats<\/a>.<\/p>\n The African cheetahs were introduced to India in 2022, and there have been concerns about a high mortality rate and competition from leopards in Kuno National Park, where they’ve been living.<\/p>\n Kuno was chosen for its grasslands and prey availability, with some cheetahs being held in a “soft release” zone, a large but enclosed area used to ease their transition.<\/p>\n The National Tiger Conservation Authority, which oversees the cheetah project, told Phys.org that survival rates and hunting successes are “comparable to [those of] other international cheetah reintroduction efforts, with recorded wild prey kills confirming successful adaptation to the Indian landscape.”<\/p>\n Reintroducing species can help restore not only dwindling populations but the quality of life in habitats as well. A 2025 study showed that reintroducing wolves would encourage the growth of native woods, which has a host of benefits, including pulling carbon from the atmosphere.<\/p>\n Other countries have had successful reintroductions of species, including a pair of beavers that welcomed a kit in England earlier this year.<\/p>\n Cheetahs prevent overgrazing by preying on herbivore species as well as removing weak individuals from herds, according to the Cheetah Conservation Fund<\/a>. By preventing overgrazing, they reduce pressure on trees, which in turn helps support birds and other small animals.<\/p>\n Yadav was beyond thrilled with the successful births of the cheetahs, saying<\/a>, “May Gamini and her three little sprinters grow strong and carry the nation’s cheetah revival story forward with speed and grace.”<\/p>\n Get TCD’s free newsletters<\/a> for easy tips to save more, waste less, and make smarter choices \u2014 and earn up to $5,000 toward clean upgrades in TCD’s exclusive Rewards Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The process of reintroducing cheetahs to India has had another success with the birth of three cubs. Bhupender…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[179478,157778,125151,85,207,179479,46,34322,179480,141,386],"class_list":{"0":"post-374188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-asiatic-cheetahs","9":"tag-bhupender-yadav","10":"tag-endangered-subspecies","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-india","13":"tag-international-society-for-endangered-cats","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-kuno-national-park","16":"tag-national-tiger-conservation-authority","17":"tag-science","18":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}