Cheetahs in India highlights: PM Modi expresses gratitude to Namibia
Project Cheetahs highlights: Efforts to bring the animal — the smallest of the big cats and the fastest land mammal — have been decades in the making, beginning with Indira Gandhi in the 1970s but have always run into international diplomatic or legal hurdles, until now.
_1663396218087_1663396240791_1663396240791.jpg "On his 72nd birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the animals into an enclosure spread over 10km in the presence of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and wildlife experts.(Source: DD News)")
Cheetahs in India highlights: Cheetahs, the world’s fastest mammals, have been reintroduced to India. The Cheetahs were brought from Namibia to India in a special cargo flight Boeing -747. The flight landed in Gwalior in the morning, after which they were taken to Kuno National Park in a helicopter....Read More
On his 72nd birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the animals into an enclosure spread over 10km in the presence of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and wildlife experts.
The cheetahs were flown from southern Africa for their reintroduction in India seven decades after the species was declared extinct in the country in 1952.
Cheetahs to fly in Chinook next
After necessary formalities, including paperwork, at Gwalior the cheetahs will be flown to Palpur village in Sheopur district in two helicopters, including a Chinook, Madhya Pradesh principal chief conservator of forest (wildlife) J S Chauhan told PTI.
Cheeetahs likely to arrive at Gwalior's Maharajpura airbase
The plane with cheetahs is expected to arrive at Gwalior's Maharajpura airbase, operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF).
Tourism set to get boost post arrival of cheetahs in MP's Kuno National Park
Tourism around Madhya Pradesh's Kuno-Palpur National Park (KPNP) is likely to get a fillip once it becomes the new home of cheetahs which are being brought from Namibia in Africa as part of an intercontinental translocation project, according to people associated with the hospitality industry.
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Cheetahs on a plane to Gwalior, will take a chopper next
The special cargo plane carrying eight cheetahs from Namibia will land at the Gwalior airport in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday morning instead of Jaipur in Rajasthan as planned earlier.
‘Landmark day for Cheetah conservation’
Cheetahs to be fitted with a satellite collars
The five females and three males Cheetahs, aged between two and five and a half, will each be fitted with a satellite collar.
The cheetah is listed globally as "Vulnerable" species
The cheetah is listed globally as "Vulnerable" on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
How did Cheetahs become extinct in India?
India was once home to the Asiatic cheetah but it was declared extinct there by 1952. The critically endangered subspecies, which once roamed across the Middle East, Central Asia and India, are now only found, in very small numbers, in Iran.
Cheetahs became extinct in India primarily because of habitat loss and hunting for their distinctive spotted coats.
Why was Kuno National Park picked for Project Cheetahs?
The 750-square-kilometre (290-square-mile) protected park was selected as a home because of its abundant prey and grasslands.
World's first inter-continental translocation of cheetahs today
Cheetahs - brought from Namibia - are being introduced in India under Project Cheetah, which is world's first inter-continental large wild carnivore translocation project.
When was the last Cheetah spotted in India?
The cheetah was completely wiped out from India due to excessive hunting and shrinking grasslands, its natural habitat. The last cheetah was killed in Koriya district of Chhattisgarh in 1947 and it was declared extinct in 1952.
