Cheetah cubs born in India after more than 70 years, netizens rejoice

The birth of the cubs followed the death of one of the eight Namibian cheetahs released into the national park in September 2022.

Union Environment and Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav also shared the news on Twitter.

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In a milestone for India’s cheetah reintroduction project, one of the translocated Namibian cheetahs, Siyaya, gave birth to four cubs at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park. Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan shared a photo of the cheetah cubs, the first to have been born in India in seven decades.

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“You are seeing first #Cheetah cubs born in India after decades. Siyaya has given birth to four #cheetos,” Kaswan tweeted Wednesday. The cubs were born over the past two days, said forest officials who discovered the cubs in the morning. There are the first cheetah cubs to be born in India in over 70 years as the wildcat had gone extinct in the country in 1952.

You are seeing first #Cheetah cubs born in India after decades. Siyaya has given birth to four #cheetos. pic.twitter.com/f4jc2eLqJV

— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) March 29, 2023

Union Environment and Forest Minister Bhupender Yadav also shared the news on Twitter. “Congratulations . A momentous event in our wildlife conservation history during Amrit Kaal! I am delighted to share that four cubs have been born to one of the cheetahs translocated to India on 17th September 2022, under the visionary leadership of PM Shri @narendramodi ji,” Yadav tweeted.

Congratulations 🇮🇳

A momentous event in our wildlife conservation history during Amrit Kaal!

I am delighted to share that four cubs have been born to one of the cheetahs translocated to India on 17th September 2022, under the visionary leadership of PM Shri @narendramodi ji. pic.twitter.com/a1YXqi7kTt

— Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) March 29, 2023

“Adorable… May they all grow swift and strong,” commented a Twitter user on Kaswan’s post. “So heartening to see this, after the sad news of the death of the other adult cheetah,” said another. “Wow that’s such a big news!!! Applause for all the team members of Wildlife India who have been through all this process of relocating cheetahs to our country, giving so much of care and detailed attention. May the babies be safe and grow healthy,” another netizen wrote.

The birth of the cubs followed the death of one of the eight Namibian cheetahs released into the national park in September 2022. The cheetah named Sasha died Monday of a severe kidney infection that it had contracted while in captivity in the African country.