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Also known as India’s cheetah man, he was the architect of the 1972 Wildlife (Protection) Act and had spent more than 50 years nurturing India's wilderness, developing ground-breaking legislation, taking action for endangered species, and enabling a revolution for Indian wildlife.
Early in the 1970s, India made its first attempt to reintroduce the carnivore. Even then, Dr. M.K Ranjitsingh was the one who spoke with Iran, but once the emergency was declared in 1975 and the Shah of Iran was overthrown in 1979, no further progress could be made in the negotiations.
As part of an endeavour to restore the spotted cat to country, PM Modi released eight cheetahs that were imported from Namibia in Kuno National Park on September 17 last year. In India, the cheetah became extinct in the 1950s.
As many as 12 cheetahs from South Africa have been released into Madhya Pradesh s Kuno National Park on Saturday. With this, the total number of cheetahs at KNP has reached 20.