Bhopal, May 26 -- National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has set up a high-level screening committee after six cheetahs, including three newborn cubs, died within a period of two and half months at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP)

The NTCA - the nodal agency of the project - on Thursday formed a screening committee comprising 11 members, headed by Dr. Rajesh Gopal, Secretary General of Global Tiger Forum, and R. N. Mehrotra, former Principal Chief Conservator of Forest of Rajasthan.

The other nine members of the screening committee include P.R. Sinha, former Director of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), H.S. Negi, former APCCF, Wildlife, and P.K Malik, former facility of the WII. Negi and Malik are also members of th...