Bharatpur/Karauli, Nov. 6 -- A young cheetah from Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park has crossed into Rajasthan again and reached the forests of Mandrayal in Karauli district. The animal was last in the area about three months ago and has also moved through forest areas in Dholpur and Bharatpur. The cheetah, identified as KPG-3, is the offspring of African cheetahs Aasha and Oban, who were brought to India in 2022 as part of the country's cheetah reintroduction programme. Born at Kuno National Park, it has previously travelled into Rajasthan. It was spotted in the forest around Dholpur in May and at Bandh Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary in Bharatpur district in June. Bharatpur divisional forest officer Chetan Kumar said KPG-3 had reached the forested area near the Karauli-Dholpur district border and was currently in the Mandrayal region. "The Kuno administration alerted Rajasthan forest officials after the cheetah's location was traced in Karauli. Forest department teams are monitoring its movement. Our priority is to ensure the safety of the cheetah," Kumar said. He said that the forest areas of Bharatpur, Dholpur and Karauli have a substantial prey base, including wild boar, nilgai, deer and other herbivores, giving the cheetah opportunities to hunt. The department is keeping watch on its movement because it could enter the Bandh Baretha forest area in Bharatpur, he added. KPG-3 has previously moved between adjoining forest areas of Karauli, Dholpur and Bharatpur. Its latest movement is being monitored by forest officials in Rajasthan in coordination with the Kuno administration. This is not the first time a cheetah from Kuno has entered Rajasthan. On May 8, another cheetah, KP-2, was tranquilised by a Kuno National Park team in the Phalodi range of Ranthambore in Sawai Madhopur district. The team took the animal back to Kuno after conducting a medical examination....