Inquiry against the Indian man seen to give water to a cheetah in a viral video

Authorities at Kuno National Park in India have launched disciplinary action against a forest worker, which is evident that it is offering water to a cheetah and its cubes in a video, which has become viral online.

The man, the driver in the sanctuary, violated the instructions that say that only authorized staff could approach the big cats, the park staff told PTI agency.

The cheetahs were declared missing in India in 1952, the only great mammal to disappear after the country’s independence.

They were re -introduced to Kuno in 2022 as part of an ambitious plan for the variety of species.

The incident came to light on Sunday, when a video of a man feeding water on big cats began circulating online.

His footage shows that he is pouring water into a metal pan after he has been called to make it from some people who are not visible in the video.

Moments later, a cheetah named Jwala and her four cubes go to the pan and start drinking from it.

Officials say that it is not uncommon for certain staff members to offer water to big cats if they approach the border of the national park to lure them back into the forest.

Mom and her cubes were in the fields near the border, Forests’s additional chief conservative chief conservative told PTI.

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However, only trained staff is allowed to do so and the man’s actions are against the established protocol, he added.

“There are clear instructions to move away from the cheetahs. Only authorized persons can go next to them to accomplish a specific task,” said Sharma.

Initial reports in the media called The video “heartbreaking”, but many on social media have expressed concerns about the safety of humans and animals in such situations. Others have suggested that a better option would be to create water bodies and water bodies in the park to ensure that cats should not go far for the water during the hot summer.

The villages on the border of the park are tense as the cheetahs wander in their fields and kill their livestock. Last month, some peasants tilted cats with stones to stop such attacks, the new Indian Express newspaper reportedS Officials to say They are trying to raise awareness in villages so that people adapt to live near animals.

Twenty cheetahs were moved from South Africa and Namibia to the Kuno National Park in the central state of Madhya Pradesh between 2022 and 2023 in what was the first such intercontinental translocation of big cats.

Since then, eight of them have died for various reasons, including renal failure and mating injuries, causing concerns about whether the conditions in Kuno are suitable for them.

In 2023 South Africa and Namibia Experts involved in the project have written Before the Supreme Court of India, saying that they believe that some of these deaths could be prevented by “better animal monitoring and more appropriate and timely veterinary assistance”.

Experts from the Namibia (CCF) Cheetah Protection Fund (CCF), who has been involved in the project since its inception, also expressed concerns about inadequate Kuno records. They to say The BBC that the park management had “little or no scientific training” and the veterinarians are “too inexperienced to manage a project of this caliber.”

The park authorities have rejected the allegations and say there are already a total of 26 cheetahs, including 17 in the wild and nine others, which are stored in the enclosures at the moment.

India is expected to receive another 20 cheetahs from South Africa this year. Authorities say that big cats have already been identified by a working group in collaboration with South African authorities.

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