Kuno National Park to welcome 8 cheetahs!
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Kuno National Park in MP is expecting 8 cheetahs! The cheetahs will take a helicopter from Jaipur to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
On September 17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will let the cheetahs into the area in Kuno National Park which has been set up as a quarantine zone for them.
The eight African cheetahs that are being brought to India in an effort to save an extinct species will be released into the wild.
Important details
- Officials say that the cheetahs will not be put to sleep, and they will always be with a team of three veterinarians.
- India will get a total of eight cheetahs at first.
- There will be five females and three males.
- India and Namibia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bring the species back to each of their countries.
- The government says that at least 35 and no more than 45 cheetahs are needed to start a population that will last for many years.
- After the first group of eight cheetahs is brought in, the population is expected to grow by between four and eight animals each year for the next five years.
- Kuno National Park has the ability to give about 20 cheetahs.
- This number could go up to about 40 cheetahs with the right amount of care, protection, and restoration.
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