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Groups of the 2,000 rhinos will be relocated into protected areas across Africa. It’s a massive task which will have to be done in stages, moving hundreds of animals each year.
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India originally initiated plans to bring the cheetahs by mid-2022 but a delay in finalising a MoU between the two countries led to a postponement
Fifteen cheetahs — 12 from South Africa and three from Namibia — are about to embark on a 9,000km journey to India, where the government hopes to restore that country’s extinct population of the charismatic species.