BHOPAL: Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday said Namibian cheetah Jwala has given birth to four cubs at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, and not three as earlier announced.Yadav on Tuesday in a post on X said the cheetah has given birth to three cubs.The minister in a post on Wednesday said, “Wildlife wonders! As frontline wildlife warriors managed to get closer to Jwala, they found she has given birth to four, not three, cubs. This has increased our joy several times over. Congratulations all.” “We pray the cubs thrive and prosper at their home in India,” he said.According to officials, the cubs were born to Jwala on January 20. This is the second litter of Jwala, after a gap of 10 months.Jwala (Namibian name Siyaya) had also given birth to four cubs in March last year. However, only one of them survived.On January 3, Yadav shared the information about the birth of three cubs to the Namibian cheetah Aasha.With this, the number of cubs in the KNP has increased to eight now, with seven of them born this month alone.This has been a mixed month for India’s cheetah project as it saw the birth of six cubs and the death of a Namibian cheetah, Shaurya, at the KNP on January 16.
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