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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.
An expert from South Africa visited the Kuno National Park on April 26 this year along with scientists from the WII and inspected the facilities and habitat created there for the introduction of African cheetahs (Representational image)
BHOPAL: Cheetah, the world s fastest land animal which was declared extinct in India in 1952, is expected to be re-introduced into the country in November this year at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, state Forest Minister Vijay Shah said on Sunday.
The country s last spotted cheetah died in Chhattisgarh in 1947 and it was declared extinct in the country in 1952. The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) some years back prepared a cheetah re-introduction project.
"According to the approved timeline sent to us by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change this week, the tentative budget outlay of the 'Project Cheetah' is Rs 1,400 lakh for this fiscal," minister Vijay Shah said.