With deaths of one cheetah after another at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, PM Modi surely is concerned and is conducting a high-level meeting to review the progress of ‘Project Cheetah.'

It was PM only who initiated Project Cheetah, but Kuno has reported a total of eight mortalities, including two deaths last week.

As per sources indicate that three additional cheetahs have suspected maggot-infested neck wounds, possibly caused by GPS collars.

Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), who is also in charge of Madhya Pradesh's polls, has been assigned to continuously monitor the situation at Kuno alongside Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, officials stated.

Furthermore, the MoEFCC has dispatched a team of five wildlife experts, comprising Mohan Ram from Gujarat, Manoj Nair from Odisha, Deep Contractor from Karnataka, as well as N.S. Murali and V. Harini from the Government of India, to conduct an inspection at Kuno.

The death of eight cheetahs at Kuno has sparked a frantic search to locate and treat the cheetahs and also has raised global concerns.

It was discovered that maggots had laid their eggs in the wound. If left untreated, these maggots could have burrowed into the cheetah's brain or vital organs, resulting in its demise. Swift action was taken to prevent such a tragic outcome, as reported by the TimesofIndia.

Currently, every cheetah at Kuno is equipped with an African Wildlife Tracking (AWT) collar, providing data on their movements and behavior. Experts assert that such collars, widely used in South Africa, have demonstrated excellent results with minimal infection cases.