Another cheetah dies, this time from firearm pellet wounds
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https://india.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/another-cheetah-dies-this-time-from-firearm-pellet-wounds/
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A 19-month cheetah died from pellet wounds on October 27 at a veterinary facility in Jabalpur. The male cub was the offspring of Nirva, a South African cheetah brought to India under Project Cheetah, India’s effort to reintroduce the species decades after it was declared extinct in the country. Following the death of the cheetah, […]
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