100 cheetahs sent to India from South Africa in attempt to repopulate the species - WEIS

(NEW YORK) -- Some 70 years after humans drove cheetahs to extinction in India, the country now seeks to bring them back. In efforts to reestablish a population, South Africa will ship about 100 of the carnivorous cats to India over the next decade with the first batch of felines set to arrive this month.

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