Under the ambitious Cheetah reintroduction programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had released the first batch of eight spotted felines including five females from Namibia into a quarantine enclosure at Kuno on his 72nd birthday on September 17 last year
NEW DELHI, Feb 16: Twelve cheetahs will be flown in from South Africa on February 18, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Thursday. Under the ambitious Cheetah reintroduction programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had released the first batch of eight spotted felines — five females and three males — from Namibia into a quarantine enclosure at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on his 72nd birthday on September 17 last year. Presently, the eight cheetahs at Kuno are […]
After months of delay, 12 cheetahs from South Africa will finally arrive on February 18 in Madhya Pradesh s Kuno National Park (KNP), where eight such spotted cats were brought from Namibia last year, a wildlife expert associated with India s cheetah revival project has said.
These big cats - seven males and five females - will embark on journey to their new home thousands of miles away aboard an Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft from the OR Tambo International Airport, Gauteng, South Africa.