12 cheetahs from South Africa may arrive in February

  • January 21, 2023
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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12 cheetahs from South Africa may arrive in February

Subject : Environment

Section : Species in news

Context:

  • Speculations are running rife about the arrival of 12 more cheetahs to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, this time from South Africa.

Details:

  • Three of the 12 cheetahs have been housed in the Phinda quarantine boma (small enclosure) in KwaZulu-Natal province and nine others have been kept in the Rooiberg quarantine boma in Limpopo Province.

Metapopulation programme:

  • The Metapopulation Initiative is a wildlife conservation programme by the Endangered Wildlife Trust.
  • The EWT started the Cheetah Metapopulation Program in 2011.
  • Goal: To manage the southern African cheetah in a way that maximizes their genetic diversity and range expansion.
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