Twelve cheetahs from South Africa arrived in Madhya Pradesh today, months after 8 huge cats have been ferried from Namibia. An plane sporting the cheetahs landed on the Gwalior Air Force base at 10 am. They will now be taken to Kuno National Park in helicopters. The cheetahs – seven men and 5 females – could be launched into their quarantine enclosures on the Kuno National Park via way of means of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.
10 quarantine enclosures had been created on the reserve for the huge cats, officers said. As in keeping with Indian flora and fauna laws, the animals are required to be stored in isolation for 30 days after arrival withinside the us of a. Last 12 months in September, 8 cheetahs from Namibia had been flown in to India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the huge cats to the Kuno National Park on his birthday – September 17.
The 8 Namibian cheetahs at the moment are in a looking enclosure – a six rectangular km-location in which they are able to have interaction with every different – and could quickly be launched into the wild. The relocation of 12 cheetahs from South Africa comes 3 years after the concept changed into mooted via way of means of the Centre – the world`s first intercontinental translocation challenge that goals at reintroducing the huge cats withinside the us of a.
The closing cheetah died in India in1947, and the species changed into declared extinct from the us of a in 1952. Efforts to reintroduce the animals collected tempo in 2020 whilst the Supreme Court dominated that African cheetahs, a distinct subspecies, may be added into the us of a at a “cautiously selected location” on an experimental basis.
According to the challenge, round 12-14 huge cats which are perfect for organising a brand new cheetah populace could be imported from South Africa, Namibia and different African nations as a founder inventory for 5 years to begin with after which as required via way of means of the programme.
