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Sep 17, 2022 · The Cheetahs that would be released are from Namibia and have been brought under an MoU signed earlier this year. The introduction of Cheetah in India is being done under Project Cheetah, the world’s first inter-continental large wild carnivore translocation project. Cheetahs will help restore open forest and grassland ecosystems in India.
Sep 17, 2022 · The Prime Minister released Cheetahs at two release points in Kuno National Park. The Prime Minister also interacted with Cheetah Mitras, Cheetah Rehabilitation Management Group and students at the venue.
Sep 17, 2023 · In the first ever intercontinental wildlife translocation and decades after extinction of their Asiatic counterparts in India, eight African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) from Namibia translocated into Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
May 8, 2023 · While many have made predictions about the anticipated carrying capacity of cheetahs in KNP based on other ecosystems in Namibia and East Africa, the actual number of animals that the reserve can accommodate can only be assessed after the animals are released and have established home ranges.
The Government of India has decided to introduce the Cheetah, the only large carnivore species that went extinct in Independent India. The Cheetahs for release into the selected sites in India are sourced from the ancestral South African cheetah and Namibian populations depending on the suitability and continued ailability of animals.
Hon’ble PM Narendra Modi has brought back long-extinct Cheetahs into our ecosystem, and every Indian is proud. The first phase of the 'Action Plan for Introduction of Cheetah in India’ witnessed 8 Cheetahs being released in the Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.
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4 days ago · Project Cheetah, which saw the introduction of the African sub-species of the wild cat in India, completed two years on September 17. The ambitious project has two overarching objectives. First, to establish a stable, breeding population of cheetahs in central India. Two, to use cheetahs as an umbrella species to restore open natural ecosystems ...
