Two cheetahs released into Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary

Two cheetahs, Prabhas and Pawak, moved to their new home as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav released them into the Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary on 20 April 2025.

• The six-year-old males are from the batch of cheetahs brought to the Kuno National Park from South Africa in February 2023.

• Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary has become the second site in Madhya Pradesh, after Kuno National Park, where cheetahs are being reintroduced.

• Efforts were on to bring more cheetahs from South Africa, Kenya, and Botswana. With the relocation of two of its cats, Kuno now has 24 cheetahs — 14 in the wild and 10 in enclosures.