Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary: India’s Second Cheetah Habitat
24 September 2026
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Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary: India’s Second Cheetah Habitat
Current Affairs Note
On 20 September 2026, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav released a three-year-old Botswana-origin female cheetah, CCB-2, renamed “Radha”, into a protected enclosure at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary. With her arrival, the sanctuary now houses four African cheetahs—two males and two females.
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Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary becomes India's second cheetah habitat with reintroduction of African cheetahs under Project Cheetah for species restoration and biodiversity conservation.
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Gandhi Sagar Wildlife SanctuaryProject Cheetahcheetah reintroductionKuno National ParkMadhya Pradeshspecies restorationwildlife conservationbiodiversity restorationAfrican cheetahsmetapopulation