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The total number of cheetahs at the KNP currently stands at 21 - six males, seven females and eight cubs.
Namibian cheetah Aasha had given birth to three cubs on January 3. However, only one of them survived.
A male cheetah named Shaurya died at KNP in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.
Fifteen cheetahs (seven male, seven female, and a cub) were kept in bomas (enclosures) in the KNP since August this year as a team of veterinarians monitored their health.
The latest to die was a male cheetah named Suraj, said Forest officials.
Eight Namibian cheetahs -- five female and three male -- were released into enclosures at KNP on September 17 last year.
Daksha became the third cheetah to die in the KNP. Earlier, a female cheetah and a male cheetah died on March 27 and April 23, respectively.
'Uday' is the second cheetah to die at the national park in a month.
The death of the more than four-and-a-half years old female feline is being seen as a setback to Project Cheetah, aimed at reviving the population of the world's fastest land animal in India, seven decades after they became extinct.
These cheetahs - seven males and five females - comprise the second set of big cats coming to the KNP.
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