Two arrested in connection with poaching of Kuno cheetah cub

Two persons were arrested on Monday in connection with the poaching of a cheetah cub in the forests of Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, ANI reported.

The 19-month-old cub, that was part of the cheetah population at Kuno National Park, died from pellet injuries on October 26, a day after it was found wounded in the forest.

The cub was found injured by a monitoring team in the Morena territorial forest division. The cub was taken to the veterinary institute in Jabalpur.

It is the first killing, and the 25th death, of a cheetah since the wild animal was reintroduced in the country in 2022.

On Monday, the Special Task Force in Madhya Pradesh arrested the two suspects, Bhagwan Singh and his brother Pritam Singh, for allegedly poaching the cub using a licensed muzzle-loading shotgun in the forests of Sheopur, ANI reported.

The Special Task Force (STF) in Madhya Pradesh has arrested two suspects, Bhagwan Singh and his brother Pritam Singh, for poaching a male cheetah (KNG-22) using a licensed muzzle-loading shotgun in the forests of Sheopur. The accused have been booked under sections 9 and 51 of… pic.twitter.com/eMJ6mSae8o— ANI (@ANI) November 2, 2026

The accused have been booked under sections of the 1972 Wildlife Protection Act pertaining to hunting.

In September 2022, cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa were reintroduced to India seven decades...

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