What delayed the introduction of African Cheetah into Indian reserves?
The plan, first floated in 2009, has suffered plenty of delays the latest being the pandemic. The big cats are now expected in India in November
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File photo of young Cheetahs
Aside from the numerous tragedies caused by the second wave of Covid- 19 in India, another victim appears to be the ambitious wildlife project to introduce African Cheetahs into the Kuno Palpur reserve in Madhya Pradesh. Originally slated for August 15, this project has been delayed by at least three months. A decision to defer the arrival of the big cats was taken at a meeting of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in Delhi recently.
<p>A handful of cheetahs are set to be reintroduced into India more than 70 years after the animals were hunted to local extinction in the country. Through India’s first international big cat reintroduction project, five male cheetahs and three females donated by Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) of South Africa will be brought from Namibia and <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/cheetahs-to-be-finally-reintroduced-to-india-after-last-were-hunted-to-local-extinction-70-years-ago/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
WASHINGTON - JUNE 24: Zazi, a mother cheetah, gets a kiss from one of her five 10-week-old cubs during their first public appearance at the National Zoo June 24, 2005 in Washington, DC. The litter of cubs is the second born at the National Zoo in the zoo s 116 year old history.
(Photo : Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Did you know that India used to have cheetahs on its own plains? It might sound strange given that most people think the tiger is the only big cat prowling around in Asia (even though that is very far from the truth).
But as a matter fact, cheetahs once did roam some of the plains in southern India before excessive hunting and habitat loss drove the country s population into extinction. And now, one conservation group has taken up the historical task of reintroducing the speedy predator back.
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