World’s Fastest Land Animal Making A Comeback To India For The First Time In 70 Years

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Eight Cheetahs from Namibia will soon make India their home, the government has announced. The Asiatic cheetahs were declared to be officially extinct in 1952 in India.

Now, thanks to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that the Indian government signed with Namibia, eight cheetahs shall be brought to the country in what was described by one minister as a “historic” pact.

India’s environment minister Bhupender Yadav and Namibia’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah signed the MoU, Wednesday, on wildlife conservation and sustainable biodiversity utilization for “establishing the cheetah into the historical range in India,” a statement said.

The cheetahs shall be brought to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
The statement added that “while the current carrying capacity for Kuno National Park is a maximum of 21 cheetahs, once restored the larger landscape can hold about 36 cheetahs. The carrying capacity can be further enhanced by including the remaining part of the Kuno Wildlife Division (1,280 sq km) through prey restoration.”

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The question i have in mind, are african cheetahs, same species as asian cheetahs?
Otherwise, excellent initiative!
 
I have enjoyed visiting India, and hope to do so again. Until my visit, I thought that the population (soon to be the most populous Country on Earth) was the direct threat to wildlife. I learned a lot while there. One principal threat to predators is people eating their food........killing off their potential prey. Not simply loss of habitat or direct killing of the cats. Hope this re-intro goes well. There are a lot of challenges...............FWB
 
It is a shame the Asianic cheetah in Iran are almost to single digit numbers with only 2 or 3 females left. No doubt, they will be extinct in our lifetimes. Cheetahs are hard to breed, I would wonder if an African female could even breed with an Asianic male. You would at least secure some bloodline.

Here is a lesser enthusiastic writeup on india.

 

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