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Shillong, July 13: The postmortem report of Tejas, a South African Cheetah that passed away at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park (KNP), unveiled that the feline was “internally weak” and couldn’t recover from a “traumatic shock” following a violent altercation with a female cheetah. The report also confirmed the presence of lung and kidney infections in the cheetah.
According to a forest official, the report indicated injury marks on the cheetah’s neck. Tejas was the seventh cheetah to perish in the span of four months at Kuno National Park, including three cubs born to Namibian cheetah ‘Jwala’.
India Today reported that Tejas, approximately five-and-a-half years old, was brought to India from South Africa in February of this year. Following the postmortem, samples of Tejas’s internal organs were sent to the School of Wildlife Forensic and Health in Jabalpur for further examination. The cheetah weighed around 43 kilograms, which is less than the average weight of male cheetahs, and its internal organs were not functioning properly. The report concluded that the chances of Tejas recovering in such a condition were minimal.
The report suggested that due to internal weakness, Tejas was unable to overcome the trauma from the intense clash with the female cheetah. The findings shed light on the factors contributing to Tejas’ unfortunate demise.