IN PHOTOS: 70 years after extinction, PM Modi releases cheetahs to Kuno National Park

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday released eight cheetahs into Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park. Pics/Pallav Paliwal

Updated On: 2022-09-17 02:21 PM IST

Cheetahs have been brought under an MoU signed earlier this year

PM Modi released two cheetahs from enclosure number one and after that about 70 meters away, from the second enclosure released another cheetah

The cheetahs were declared extinct from India in 1952 but today 8 cheetahs (5 females and 3 males) were brought from Africa’s Namibia as part of ‘Project Cheetah’ and the government’s efforts to revitalise and diversify the country’s wildlife and habitat

The habitat that has been selected in Kuno is very beautiful and ideal, where there are large grasslands, small hills, and forests and it is very suitable for cheetahs

The eight cheetahs were brought in a cargo aircraft in Gwalior as part of an inter-continental cheetah translocation project

 

There is a dedicated monitoring team behind each cheetah who will be monitoring their location for 24 hours

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