Cheetah Reintroduction in India

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Gandisagar Sanctuary of Mandsaur district is suitable for cheetahs 

Gandisagar Sanctuary of Mandsaur district has passed the first examination of cheetah settlement. Uv Jhala, a scientist from the Indian Wildlife Institute of Dehradun and a team of three who accompanied him, visited the sanctuary for two days. Have seen the circumstances here. And in the first phase, the habitat of Gandisagar has been favored by the scientists for housing the leopard. It can be assumed that Gandhi Sagar has passed the first examination. However, long trials are yet to be conducted and four to five times the survey will be done at different levels. The four-man team returned on Wednesday afternoon. 

The abundant availability of water including natural resources mountains, grasslands, tall pads, small shrubs, tubers, caves in Mandsaur district makes the Gandhisagar Sanctuary a conducive environment for all wildlife and birds. And due to this, the Gandhisagar Sanctuary has passed the first examination of cheetahs here. In fact, the Indian government has started the process of settling in India by bringing cheetahs from Africa, Iran, Namibia or any other country. 

For this, four of the four sanctuaries of Madhya Pradesh are Gandisagar Sanctuary in Mandsaur District, Kuno Palpur National Park in Sheopur District, Nauradehi Sanctuary of Sagar, one of the Madhav National Parks of Shivpuri has been selected for cheetah. The government has considered these four places to be inhabited by the leopard. VY Jhala, a scientist at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, came with three of his colleagues to decide this. About eight scientists included in the team visited the dense forest from morning to evening. 

See the grasslands here. Apart from this, denseness of the forests was seen, mountains and tubers were also seen. The team was roaming in the forest till late evening. A team of scientists from the Wildlife Institute of India also visited the Gandhisagar sanctuary on Wednesday morning. The team along with the forest department officials also observed the dense forests, meadows, tall trees, natural caves and small tubers present in the sanctuary. The tour was going on till noon. After noon, the team went to meet the Forest Department officials. Now this team will visit the remaining places and decide which place is suitable for cheetahs. However, even after the selection of the committee, the cheetahs will take about three years to come to India. 

The claim was already strong, even scientists expressed happiness 

The claim of Gandhisagar Sanctuary was already strong in settling Cheetahs in MP. UV-Jhala, a scientist from the Indian Wildlife Institute Dehradun, who visited Tuesday-Wednesday, has considered the habitat for the leopard. However, there are many more stages of examination yet. At different levels, teams will come and survey the Gandhisagar Sanctuary. The report of all these surveys will be sent to the MP and Central Government. Further action will be taken thereafter. Then it will be decided whether the leopard will roar in Gandhisagar or in another sanctuary. 

The sanctuary is spread over 368 sq km

Nestled amidst the Aravalli mountain ranges, the natural Gandisagar Sanctuary has everything that wildlife needs for it. There are grasslands here, there are kandaras in the mountain, besides dense forests. Spread over an area of about 368 sq km, the sanctuary also has other species including Kher, Ber, Palash among the wild trees. Apart from this, the most important is a reservoir filled with bottomless water. All these things provide a favorable environment for the wildlife to live in this sanctuary. About 50 leopards were found in the last count two years ago at Gandhisagar Sanctuary. Besides hyena, Wild foxes are also in large numbers. The remaining Chhut Put is also a wild animal. In the same year bird count, 225 species of birds have been found here. The forest department has already started managing their food in the plan to settle the cheetahs here. For this, deer species is being brought here and settled here. The goal is to bring 500 Chital deer from Narsinghgarh forest area in Samipi Rajgarh district. Cheetals are being caught by planting boma there. So far, around 40 chital have been released.

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