South Africa translocates 12 cheetah to India in Cooperation Agreement

Twelve cheetahs on Friday departed from South Africa for India as part of an initiative to expand the cheetah meta-population and to reintroduce cheetahs to a former range state following their local extinction due to over hunting and loss of habitat in the last century, a statement by Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, South Africa said.

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