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Top forest officials from the state briefed CM Chouhan on Friday before the May 29 meeting with Yadav during which the cheetah revival programme as well as ways to bolster it will be discussed, says official

New Delhi: The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which implements Project Cheetah, has formed a high-level Cheetah Project Steering Committee, a press release by the Union Environment Ministry said.

National Tiger Conservation Authority on Thursday formed a Cheetah Project Steering Committee and Dr Rajesh Gopal, Secretary General of Global Tiger Forum has b

Team vigilant, keenly monitoring activities, health of big cats.

Some of these officials and veterinarians are actively involved in implementation of Project Cheetah in India, it added.It is noteworthy to mention that cheetah went extinct from India in year 1947-48 and because of the absence of species from the country none of the officials including the members of the expert committee contrary to their claim of being an expert in Cheetah appointed by this court had management experience in Cheetah in India, the Centre said in its affidavit.

The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed serious concern over the death of three cheetahs translocated from South Africa and Namibia to Kuno National Park KNP of Madhya Pradesh in less than two months and asked the Centre to rise above politics and consider shifting them to Rajasthan.

The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed serious concern over the death of three cheetahs translocated from South Africa and Namibia to Kuno National Park (KNP) of Madhya Pradesh in less than two months and asked the Centre to rise above politics and consider shifting them to Rajasthan.

The Supreme Court Thursday expressed serious concern over the death of three cheetahs translocated from South Africa

The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that no officials including members of the court-appointed committee have any experience in cheetah management in India as the animal went extinct from the country in 1947-48.

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from a PTI