Archive · 21 Nov 2025
India's First Indigenous Cheetah, Mukhi, Welcomes Five Cubs
Mukhi, a cheetah born in India and raised in the wild, has had five baby cheetahs.
This is the first time an Indian-born cheetah has had babies, which is great news because it means cheetahs can live and have babies in India.
The mother and babies are healthy, and this makes people hopeful that there will be more cheetahs in India in the future.
Mukhi, India's first cheetah born in the wild, has given birth to five cubs
Mukhi, aged 33 months, is the first Indian-born female cheetah to reproduce successfully
The mother and cubs are healthy and adapting well to Indian conditions
This development signals strong adaptation and long-term viability of cheetahs in India
The achievement boosts optimism for establishing a self-sustaining cheetah population
- Who
- Mukhi, an Indian cheetah
- What
- Gave birth to five cubs
- When
- Recently
- Where
- Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Why
- To continue the cheetah reintroduction project in India
- Number of cheetahs in India
- 34 (10 adults, 24 cubs)
- Date of Mukhi's birth
- March 29, 2023
Sources
Abandoned at birth and looked after by humans, first Indian cheetah Mukhi becomes mother to 5 cubs
Historic Milestone! Indian-Born Cheetah 'Mukhi' Gives Birth To Five Cubs; CM Mohan Yadav, Union Forest Minister Express Joy
India-born cheetah Mukhi gives birth to 5 cubs at Kuno
MP: Indian-born Cheetah Mukhi Gives Birth To 5 Cubs At Kuno National Park
India’s Cheetah project marks milestone as Mukhi gives birth to five cubs at Kuno
WATCH: India’s first home-born cheetah mom! Mukhi gives birth to 5 cubs at Kuno National Park in MP
"Historic Milestone": Indian-Born Cheetah Gives Birth To 5 Cubs At Kuno National Park
Mukhi was first India-born first-gen cheetah; her litter of five becomes 2nd – ThePrint – Select
Watch | Project Cheetah scores big: Indian-born Mukhi gives birth to 5 healthy cubs
India-born Cheetah Mukhi gives birth to 5 cubs
Cheetah Mukhi gives birth to five cubs at Kuno Park
Indian-born Cheetah ‘Mukhi’ gives birth to five cubs
