Cheetah Subject: Environment Context: This year marked the arrival of Namibian cheetahs to India, the first intercontinental transfer of wild cats into the country since independence. Content: Eight cheetahs were flown into the Kuno National Park (KNP), Madhya Pradesh, from Namibia on September 17 as part of an ambitious project to reintroduce the big cat into the country. They were released into the quarantine zone at the KNP. Cheetahs were once widespread in India as well as in many parts of the world until they were hunted to extinction. Only around 8,000of them survive, and overwhelmingly in Namibia and South Africa. A different species, called the Asiatic cheetah, once abundant in India, is found in Iran. African Cheetah IUCN status – Vulnerable CITES status – Appendix-I of […]

    Cheetah Subject – Environment Context – Kuno not ready ecologically at the moment to accept cheetahs: Faiyaz Khudsar Concept – India has been in talks to get 8-12 cheetahs from South Africa in the end of November. The plan is to introduce them to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. The National […]

    CHEETAH Subject : Environment Context :70 years after big cat’s extinction, India prepares to welcome cheetahs from Africa. Concept : Nearly 70 years after the cheetah was declared locally extinct or extirpated, India will receive its first batch of the large cats from Africa by the end of this year. Within a week’s […]