Setback for Cheetah Reintroduction in India as 3 Cubs Die

Three cheetah cubs have died in India due to heat, dehydration, and weakness, dealing a blow to the government's effort to reintroduce the species to the country after 70 years of extinction. The cubs were part of a litter of four born in late March to a cheetah named Siyaya, who was one of eight rehabilitated cheetahs brought from Namibia to India’s Kuno National Park. The latest deaths bring to six the number of cheetahs that have died since being reintroduced into India. Cheetahs were declared extinct in India in 1952 and are the only large carnivore in the country to have suffered that fate.