The Wire Staff 
New Delhi: Nirva, the female South African cheetah, was captured successfully on Sunday morning (August 13) at around 10 am in the Dhoret range of Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, for a health check-up.
The female cheetah’s collar stopped functioning on July 21. Since then, for the last 22 days, authorities had led search expeditions to capture her.
More than 100 field staff, including officers, vets and cheetah trackers, were involved in the search daily, it added.
A daily search spanning 15-20 sq km was conducted, involving villagers’ cooperation to gather information about Nirva. Satellite data suddenly revealed her location on the evening of August 11, prompting immediate search efforts using drones and a dog squad.
Despite spotting a healthy Nirva, darkness halted the operation, and it was resumed the next morning. Continuous tracking by drone teams overnight aided the morning search, resulting in Nirva’s capture after approximately six hours.
“All the 15 cheetahs (seven males, seven females and a female cub) in the Kuno National Park are now in bomas and healthy and are continuously monitored on health parameters by the Kuno Veterinary Team,” the press note said.