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How India overcame umpteen odds to reintroduce the cheetah on its territory after the handsome cat became extinct in the country decades earlier.
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India is set to bring eight cheetahs from Botswana in two phases, with four arriving by May 2025. This follows the successful reintroduction of cheetahs to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, with the population now at 26, including 14 cubs born in India. The initiative aims to boost cheetah conservation efforts and create inter-state collaboration for their protection. The project has already seen significant investment, with over Rs 112 crore spent on cheetah rehabilitation.
Uncapped players who cashed in at the IPL auction in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
A modified Boeing aircraft carried the cheetahs in special wooden crates during the around 10-hour journey.
Presently, the eight cheetahs at Kuno are killing a prey every three-four days and are in good health, officials said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release cheetahs being brought from Namibia in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park on Saturday morning, an official said on Friday.
The cheetahs will be kept under one-month quarantine as per the norms.
There are now 10 male cheetahs and as many females at MP's Kuno National Park.
He expressed hope the project will increase tourist footfalls and boost employment generation opportunities for people of the region.
Seven decades after they became extinct in India, eight Cheetahs arrived in the country from Namibia by a special flight on Saturday morning and were released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP).
All the eight cheetahs looked fit and fine and drank water kept at their quarantine enclosure in the KNP.
He said the South African cheetahs will first arrive at the Gwalior Air Force base in MP on Saturday morning and 30 minutes later they will be transported some 165km away to KNP in Sheopur district by IAF helicopters.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move to release Cheetahs in a Madhya Pradesh national park as a 'tactic to divert attention' from the grand old party's 'immensely successful' 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'.
Videos from the scene, shot by locals in Morena, showed debris of the aircraft on the ground.
