The Head of Project Cheetah, SP Yadav, said the next batch of cheetahs will be imported from South Africa and introduced into Madhya Pradesh's Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, which will be ready to welcome the spotted felines by the end of the year.
Yadav, also the chief of National Tiger Conservation Authority, said that the next batch of cheetahs will be imported from South Africa and introduced into Madhya Pradesh's Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary
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India plans to import cheetahs that do not develop thicker winter coats, which have caused severe infections and death in some of the cheetahs relocated from Africa. The focus of the second year of the Project Cheetah will be on breeding these animals. The next batch of cheetahs will be imported from South Africa and introduced into Madhya Pradesh s Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary.