Former Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has accused the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) of issuing a "political" statement to cover up management failures and mock conservation science regarding the deaths of cheetahs in Kuno National Park. The NTCA had claimed that the deaths were due to natural causes. Five adult cheetahs out of the 20 translocated from South Africa and Namibia have died in the park so far. Experts have suggested that the deaths may have been caused by an infection from radio collars, although the exact cause will be determined by post-mortem reports.

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