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As reported by The Indian Express in July 2022, the Centre’s draft 25-year roadmap for Project Lion has no provision for any translocation outside Gujarat. Instead, the focus is on “assisted natural dispersal across Saurashtra” by the time India celebrates 100 years of Independence in 2047.
The government said that it is no longer necessary and mandatory for the NTCA to continue to take the guidance and advice of the expert committee.
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Vikram Nath asked the Centre to furnish details of the experts in the task force who specialise in cheetah management, their experience and qualification within two weeks.
Senior Advocate Prashanto Chandra Sen, appearing for NGO Centre for Environment Law WWF, says that the Cheetah Task Force does not have any cheetah expert in the panel
Only 60-70% translocated cheetahs survive, says a report