South African cheetah siblings turn out farmers' best friends in west MP

A male cheetah coalition brought in from South Africa is emerging as the farmers' best friend in the Mandsaur and Neemuch districts of western Madhya Pradesh.

- ANURAAG SINGH @ Bhopal

The siblings, Prabhas and Pavak, who relocated from the Kuno National Park (KNP) of Sheopur district to the Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary in the Mandsaur-Neemuch region on April 20, have been hunting prey with elan under the watchful eyes of two tracking teams. Nilgais (blue bulls) have turned out to be the most preferred prey of the two cheetahs in the last 80 days at the wildlife sanctuary, located on the MP-Rajasthan border. Nilgais are perennial ir