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BHOPAL: The Kuno National Park (KNP) in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh is all set to welcome 12 semi-adult and grownup wild cheetahs from South Africa on February 18.As many as 10 ‘bomas’ (small enclosures) are set to develop into the primary dwelling of the 12 satellite-collared wild cheetahs from South Africa (together with two pairs of siblings) in India. The cheetahs from South Africa are prone to embrace seven males and 5 females. They might be flown from Johannesburg to Gwalior in an IAF plane, MP forest division officers informed this newspaper on Tuesday.
Once in Gwalior on February 18 morning, the cheetahs might be flown to KNP in IAF copters, officers mentioned.
On September 17, 2022, eight Namibian cheetahs have been flown to India in a personal plane.“Ten quarantine bomas are ready to house the 12 wild cheetahs (a pair each of coalition animals/siblings will be housed in two bomas) where they will be fed buffalo meat for at least a month, before being shifted to bigger enclosures like the eight cheetahs flown from Namibia on PM Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17, 2022, to mark the first successful inter-continental translocation of the African cheetahs to India,” a senior KNP official mentioned.Two extra quarantine enclosures have been stored as a backup in case of any exigency (like sickness) with any of the 12 South African cheetahs sooner or later.
Namibian cheetahs
Of the eight Namibian cheetahs flown in at KNP, 5 are wild and three bred in captivity, so that they take extra time to acclimatise with the wild, significantly in coping with co-predators like leopards. On the opposite hand, the 12 South African cheetahs arriving on February 18 are wild.
BHOPAL: The Kuno National Park (KNP) in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh is all set to welcome 12 semi-adult and grownup wild cheetahs from South Africa on February 18.As many as 10 ‘bomas’ (small enclosures) are set to develop into the primary dwelling of the 12 satellite-collared wild cheetahs from South Africa (together with two pairs of siblings) in India. The cheetahs from South Africa are prone to embrace seven males and 5 females. They might be flown from Johannesburg to Gwalior in an IAF plane, MP forest division officers informed this newspaper on Tuesday.
Once in Gwalior on February 18 morning, the cheetahs might be flown to KNP in IAF copters, officers mentioned.
On September 17, 2022, eight Namibian cheetahs have been flown to India in a personal plane.“Ten quarantine bomas are ready to house the 12 wild cheetahs (a pair each of coalition animals/siblings will be housed in two bomas) where they will be fed buffalo meat for at least a month, before being shifted to bigger enclosures like the eight cheetahs flown from Namibia on PM Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17, 2022, to mark the first successful inter-continental translocation of the African cheetahs to India,” a senior KNP official mentioned.Two extra quarantine enclosures have been stored as a backup in case of any exigency (like sickness) with any of the 12 South African cheetahs sooner or later.
Namibian cheetahs
Of the eight Namibian cheetahs flown in at KNP, 5 are wild and three bred in captivity, so that they take extra time to acclimatise with the wild, significantly in coping with co-predators like leopards. On the opposite hand, the 12 South African cheetahs arriving on February 18 are wild.
