Cheetah Reintroduction in India

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  Reintroduce Asiatic cheetah in Raj, MLA urges CM

Kota: Excited over the growing population of big cats with tigress MT-2 giving birth to two cubs in Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR), Sangod Congress MLA Bharat Singh has urged chief minister Ashok Gehlot to take the initiative to bring the Asiatic Cheetah to Rajasthan from Iran to breed the species classified as ‘critically endangered globally’ which was declared extinct from India in 1952.

Wildlife enthusiasts in Hadoti are hopeful that the birth of two cubs would give a fillip to tourism in the region. The cubs were spotted by forest officials on Monday evening. MT-2 was relocated to the 82sq km enclosure at Darrah range in MHTR from Ranthambore National Park (RNP) in December 2018. 

In a letter to CM on World Environment Day on June 5, Singh drew the government’s attention towards Union government’s approval for conservation of cheetah in country and expression of interest by state governments to take initiative in this regard. “Indian government has granted permission for conservation of cheetah. The forest department of the state government should avail the opportunity………..Rajasthan government should initiate to Indian government on Cheetah conservation. In the time to come, it is associated with the development and promotion of tourism in Rajasthan,” Singh wrote.

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