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[Ashutosh]

@KRA123, exactly what @Rishi said. Plus, there isn’t actually a viable habitat where lions could be reintroduced. Kuno has at least 6 tigers and has a corridor to Ranthambore. They won’t reintroduce lions even if they detect a slight presence of tigers in the area.

As for the Iran and Asiatic Cheetah, that is the pipe dream that won’t happen any time soon even if politics is kept out of it. Iran should be focused on increasing Asiatic cheetah numbers (which are less than 60) first to a sustainable level before thinking about any of this. That is going to take decades.

And, I agree with you on the introduction of African Cheetah into India. It is pig-headedness of the authorities to fulfil some sort of dream instead of accepting reality which is driving this rather than conservation. Not to mention, it might fail spectacularly (especially if they introduce them in areas with other big cats) and the global cheetah numbers are already low. Reply