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Kuno National Park, located in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh, recently gained attention after two female cheetahs brought from Botswana were released into the wild under Project Cheetah. The park is situated in the Vindhyan landscape and is named after the Kuno River, a tributary of the Chambal River flowing through the region.
Initially established as a wildlife sanctuary in 1981, Kuno was expanded into a national park in 2018 with an area of about 748 sq km. The park contains tropical dry deciduous forests and savanna grasslands, providing suitable habitat for large carnivores and herbivores. Species such as leopards, striped hyenas, Indian wolves, sloth bears, and over 120 bird species are found here.
Historically, Kuno was prepared as a second home for the endangered Asiatic Lion from Gir National Park. However, it later became the centre of India’s ambitious cheetah reintroduction programme after the cheetah was declared extinct in India in 1952.
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Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh is central to Project Cheetah, India's groundbreaking intercontinental cheetah reintroduction initiative launched in 2022.
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