Cheetah Reintroduction in India

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Tiger's roar will soon be heard in Shivpuri, Cheetah corridor will be built between Kuno and Madhav National Park 

In the coming times in Madhav National Park, sitting in silence for two decades, only Tiger will be heard roaring. Once again, efforts are being made to settle the tiger in the national park. For this, on Saturday, Principal Secretary, Forest Department, Ashok Varnabal inspected Madhav National Park on Environment Day. Principal Secretary Ashok Varnabal had come to Kuno to take stock of the preparations before the cheetah settled there. From there he came to Shivpuri. While visiting them, the Forest Department and National Park Management told them the possibilities here. If Tiger comes again in the district, then once again Madhav National Park will become a center of attraction for tourists. A proposal will be made soon to bring Tiger and help will be taken from other sanctuaries of the country.

Apart from this, a Cheetah Corridor will also be built between Madhav National Park and Kuno. By November this year, 14 cheetahs from South Africa will arrive in Kuno. The Kuno and Pohri Forest Ranges border it. By making corridors in Pohri and Satanwada Forest Range, a way for Cheetah to move between these two National Parks will be prepared. When the tiger arrives in Madhav National Park, it will also be able to move through this corridor. The work of building the corridor will be started after the arrival of Cheetah in November. 

Tiger will live in jungle environment, not in safari 

The eco-system here will be greatly benefited by the arrival of tiger in the national park, because tiger is an important link of the eco-system. At the same time, tourism of the district will also be greatly benefited by this. Till about 22 years ago, there used to be a tiger safari here, but this time when the tiger comes, it will not be in the safari, but in the open environment of the forest. For this, full possibilities have been seen in the park. Along with the removal of fields, the work of boundary and fencing will also be done. 

The exercise was started in the year 2000, after 40 crores the result was cipher 

The exercise to expand the boundary of Madhav National Park and re-establish Tiger Safari was started in the year 2000. After that its proposal was prepared and sent. After getting the approval, the work of displacement of 13 villages was started. After fixing the compensation, the park management and revenue staff together distributed compensation to the villagers. 40 crores were spent during this period. To complete this process, some other villages including Arjungawan, Lakhangwan, Balarpur, Mitlauni, Kanthi were displaced, which were situated in the boundary of Madhav National Park. Villagers of these villages were also given compensation of house along with farming on per family basis, but even after taking compensation, many villagers are still doing farming in these areas. The issue of Tiger Safari in the National Park has been raised by MP KP Yadav in the Lok Sabha during the Question Hour. 

Tiger Safari was built on the initiative of Scindia in 1988 

Tiger safari inside the national park was started on the initiative of the then Union Minister Madhavrao Scindia and the tigers named Patu and Tara were brought here in the year 1988. After this the lineage increased and at one point the number reached up to 10. Later the cubs died due to some reason. It is even told that due to Tara becoming a cannibal, she was sent to the Wildlife Park Bhopal. After this Tiger Safari was closed in the year 1999, which was started to be restored. 

Possibilities were also searched for cheetah 

When the exercise of bringing cheetah to Kuno was started, then possibilities were also explored for it in Madhav National Park. In November last year, a team of three scientists from Wildlife Institute of India Dehradun visited Madhav National Park and saw the possibilities. Then he also saw the possibility of settling Tiger here with Cheetah. However, the exercise of bringing cheetah to the part of Madhav National Park could not be successful. 

Translated from google 

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