Cheetah Reintroduction in India

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Royal meal preparation for African cheetahs:Bricks of clay, jaggery and salt are ready, chital, sambar and rabbit will come in the enclosure to lick them 



Preparations are being made to provide royal food for African cheetahs in the Kuno Palpur Sanctuary. In the forests of Africa, cheetahs feed by hunting chausingha, black deer and other herbivorous wildlife of similar size, but in the Kuna Sanctuary, they will be replaced by chital, sambar, rabbit and wild boar. 

To attract them to the enclosure being built for the cheetahs, special bricks prepared with a mixture of friable soil, salt and jaggery will be kept in place in the enclosure. Along with this, Mahua and green grass will also be kept.   

Experts believe that chitals and other herbivorous wildlife will come to the enclosure to lick them. All gates will be kept open before the cheetahs are brought into the enclosure. For a few days these wildlife will keep coming and going in the enclosure to lick the bricks. According to Kuna Sanctuary DFO PK Verma, a special type of friable soil is found in the forest, which is licked by herbivorous wildlife. It contains moisture and also calcium. Bricks have been made by mixing salt and jaggery with this soil.  


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