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If everything goes as planned over the year, the Kuno-Palpur National Park in Madhya Pradesh could become the country’s first-ever cheetah sanctuary. As it awaits the arrival of six to eight cheetahs from Namibia, the authorities are gearing up for the welcome. Although the plan of bringing cheetahs to India was in the works for more than a decade, it came close to a realisation after the Supreme Court’s nod in January 2020. The now-6,800 km
2 expanse of the proposed landscape aimed for a bigger glory of being the first to have four charismatic cats tigers, lions, cheetahs, and leopards. That plan went into jeopardy when procuring a few Asiatic lions from Gir National Park met with strong administrative resistance from Gujarat. For now, the arriving cheetahs may benefit from some of the park’s infrastructure intended for lions.
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Kuch Nahi Hoga, Say Tourists, Right Before Elephant Charges At Their Car
Kuch Nahi Hoga, Say Tourists, Right Before Elephant Charges At Their Car Senior IFS officer Ramesh Pandey was among those who advised all tourists to maintain a safe distance from wild animals.
Hair-raising footage shows an elephant chasing a tourist vehicle.
Hair-raising footage from an undisclosed location shows an elephant charging at a tourist vehicle while making loud trumpeting sounds. The footage has prompted warnings from wildlife officials who criticised the behaviour of the tourists as irresponsible. The video was shared on Twitter this Thursday by Indian Forest Service officer Surender Mehra.
Black-Necked Cranes Make First Appearance in Assam 19/02/2021
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Black-necked cranes near first addition to Manas National Park. Photo: Sanatan Deka/WTI, February 19, 2021.
New Delhi: In a first in Assam’s recorded history of wildlife sightings, observers spotted two black-necked cranes at the state’s Manas National Park this week.
Rathin Barman, joint director of the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) confirmed the sighting to
The Wire Science and said, “The birds were sighted by Tiken Chandra Ray at Chaurang village in the Panbari Range of the park. He found the birds seven days ago.”
He added that “some villagers had tried to kill the birds” while “some others requested them to do no harm or disturb the birds.”