Cheetah Reintroduction in India

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Campaign to settle cheetahs in the country gained momentum, team of experts will go to South Africa next week

Now you will not have to wait too long for cheetahs. The central government has given a new impetus to this entire plan to bring cheetahs from South Africa. A team of wildlife experts is also going to South Africa next week regarding this. The team will also include officials from the Ministry of Forests and Environment, where final discussions will be held with the government of South Africa on giving cheetahs. 

According to officials associated with the ministry, the selection of cheetahs to be brought to India will also be done in this tour. At present, about 10 cheetahs will be brought in the first batch. These will include adult male and female cheetahs as well as their young. That is, there is a plan to bring two clans of cheetahs. Meanwhile, preparations have also been almost completed in the Kuno-Palpur Sanctuary of Madhya Pradesh, which has been selected to keep these cheetahs.

During their visit to South Africa, the team of experts will also present full details of the habitats prepared for the cheetahs. This also includes availability of food of choice of cheetahs. If sources are to be believed, the plan was to bring the cheetahs by the end of November. But the plan was shelved for some time after a dispute between the local people and the Indians in South Africa caught on. 

After the normalization of the conditions, the central government has given speed to this project again. Under this plan, about 40 cheetahs will be brought from South Africa and Namibia in the next two to three years. They will be kept in different sanctuaries of the country.

Significantly, cheetahs became extinct from the country 70 years ago. The central government has declared cheetahs completely extinct from the country in the year 1950 itself. Although several initiatives were taken to bring them after this, but the plan never materialised. At present, the current government showed interest in this and prepared South Africa for it.  

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