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RTI for Cheetah Management
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- The Madhya Pradesh forest department has denied a request for information on the management of cheetahs brought from Africa and their cubs born in India.
- Wildlife activist Ajay Dubey had filed a Right to Information (RTI) request seeking correspondence records on Project Cheetah in Kuno and Mandsaur.
- However, the department refused to disclose the information, invoking Section 8(1)(a) of the RTI Act.
- This is the first-time information on Project Cheetah has been denied under the RTI Act since its launch in 2022.
- At present, Kuno is home to 26 cheetahs and cubs, as part of Project Cheetah.
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