NEW DELHI, Oct. 29 -- The Centre has taken "serious note" of the death of a 19-month-old cheetah due to firearm pellet injuries outside Kuno National Park, and ordered an immediate on-ground investigation by senior wildlife crime officials, the environment ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The central team comprises the Inspector General of Forests of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, and two officials, additional director and regional deputy director of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, the statutory agency to combat organised transboundary wildlife crime. The cheetah, KNG22, was shot with pellets, veterinarians confirmed after extracting five pellets from its carcass. This is the first such killing in the country since ...