Updated On: 18 February, 2026 02:07 PM IST | Sheopur | PTI
Cheetah ‘Gamini’ has given birth to three cubs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, taking India’s total cheetah population to 38, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced on Wednesday. Gamini, translocated from South Africa under India’s ambitious cheetah reintroduction programme, is a second-time mother

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Cheetah 'Gamini' has given birth to three cubs at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, taking the number of these big cats in India to 38, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Wednesday. Gamini was translocated to India from South Africa as part of the ambitious project to revive the population of the world's fastest land animal in India, which had gone extinct decades ago.
South African cheetah Gamini, gives birth to three cubs at Kuno National Park, #MadhyaPradesh.@moefcc @byadavbjp @CMMadhyaPradesh @DrMohanYadav51 pic.twitter.com/f9xXowaxQV