By PTI
NEW DELHI: India has signed an settlement with South Africa to translocate 12 cheetahs to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, a senior official within the Union Environment Ministry stated on Friday.
The pact was signed final week and 7 male and 5 feminine cheetahs are anticipated to succeed in Kuno by February 15, the official stated.
The 12 South African cheetahs have been in quarantine for greater than six months and have been anticipated to succeed in Kuno this month however the switch was delayed as “some processes in South Africa took some time”, the official stated on situation of anonymity.
Cheetah is the one massive carnivore that bought utterly worn out from India on account of overhunting and habitat loss.
The final cheetah died in Koriya district of present-day Chhattisgarh in 1947 and the species was declared extinct in 1952.
Under the Cheetah reintroduction programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the primary batch of eight noticed felines – 5 females and three males – from Namibia right into a quarantine enclosure at Kuno on his 72nd birthday on September 17 final 12 months.
According to the ‘Action Plan for Reintroduction of Cheetah in India’ ready by the Wildlife Institute of India, round 12-14 wild cheetahs (8-10 males and 4-6 females) that are perfect for establishing a brand new cheetah inhabitants can be imported from South Africa, Namibia and different African international locations as a founder inventory for 5 years initially after which as required by the programme.
NEW DELHI: India has signed an settlement with South Africa to translocate 12 cheetahs to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, a senior official within the Union Environment Ministry stated on Friday.
The pact was signed final week and 7 male and 5 feminine cheetahs are anticipated to succeed in Kuno by February 15, the official stated.
The 12 South African cheetahs have been in quarantine for greater than six months and have been anticipated to succeed in Kuno this month however the switch was delayed as “some processes in South Africa took some time”, the official stated on situation of anonymity.
Cheetah is the one massive carnivore that bought utterly worn out from India on account of overhunting and habitat loss.
The final cheetah died in Koriya district of present-day Chhattisgarh in 1947 and the species was declared extinct in 1952.
Under the Cheetah reintroduction programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the primary batch of eight noticed felines – 5 females and three males – from Namibia right into a quarantine enclosure at Kuno on his 72nd birthday on September 17 final 12 months.
According to the ‘Action Plan for Reintroduction of Cheetah in India’ ready by the Wildlife Institute of India, round 12-14 wild cheetahs (8-10 males and 4-6 females) that are perfect for establishing a brand new cheetah inhabitants can be imported from South Africa, Namibia and different African international locations as a founder inventory for 5 years initially after which as required by the programme.
