bhopal in a major setback for indias ambitious cheetah reintroduction project one of the 12 cheetahs airlifted from south africa to kuno national park in sheopur district of madhya pradesh succumbed to mysterious ailment on sunday eveningcheetah uday a wild male captured close to the matlabas river in the waterberg region of south africa and was estimated to be approximately 6 years old it was wild and healthy according to the cheetah metapopulation project a nonprofit public benefit project dedicated to conserving this threatened species that transported this cheetah to kunoread alsomadhya pradesh pawan vayu tejas agni among new cheetah nameselton is now gaurav and freddy shaurya asha gets an extra acheetah population growing in kuno hunt begins for site bthe growing cheetah population in kuno has led to concerns on whether it can accommodate these many predators and has triggered a search for a site bexperts say some of these cheetahs are losing fitness and suffering from chronic stress after months in captivityin the morning a team of intrepid and dedicated wildlife experts were out on their daily mission to monitor the majestic and swift cheetahs that called boma no 2 their home as they made their rounds their keen eyes were drawn to a curious sight uday the male cheetah was sitting in a state of torpor his head bowed low in exhaustionconcerned for the health and wellbeing of this regal creature the team approached him with caution and uday sensing their presence rose to his feet and began to walk with his neck bent low such behaviour was not in keeping with the protocol for uday had been deemed healthy during the previous days monitoring said officialsalarmed by this sudden change in udays condition the team immediately contacted the wildlife doctors who were overseeing the cheetahs in another part of the boma the doctors arrived on the scene with alacrity and upon examining uday they quickly deduced that he was in need of urgent medical attentionwithout a moments delay the experts decided to quarantine uday for immediate treatment a decision that was relayed to the chief conservator of forestthe chief conservator of forests acted swiftly giving the necessary permission to tranquilize uday and provide him with the care that he so desperately needed and so around 11 am uday was rendered unconscious and given treatment on the spotdespite the best efforts of the medical team udays health continued to deteriorate and he eventually passed away at around 4 pm the cause of his untimely demise will only be revealed through a thorough autopsy report by the team of wildlife doctorsthough uday may no longer grace this earth with his majestic presence his memory will live on in the hearts and minds of all those who had the privilege of knowing him and the legacy of his kind will continue to inspire awe and wonder for generations to come said an officerwhen contacted vincent van der merwe manager cheetah metapopulation the metapopulation