Sheopur, Feb 28 (IANS) Union Minister for Environment and Forest, Bhupender Yadav, on Saturday released nine cheetahs into Kuno National Park in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh.This fresh batch of nine cheetahs – six males and three females – were brought from Botswana in an Indian Air Force (IAF) plane to Gwalior airport after a more than 10-hour-long journey and then transported to Sheopur in two helicopters.Earlier, it was stated that eight cheetahs would be brought from Botswana, however,…
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Gwalior, Feb 28 (IANS) A special Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft carrying eight cheetahs from Botswana arrived at Gwalior airport on Saturday morning. After a formal inspection of the cheetahs which had travelled for over 10 hours, the officials concerned moved the cages carrying the cheetahs into two helicopters. From Gwalior’s airport, these cheetahs were flown to Kuno National Park, located in Sheopur district of the Gwalior-Chambal region in Madhya Pradesh.Union Environment Minister Bhupen…
Bhopal, Feb 27 (IANS) Eight more cheetahs are set to arrive at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district from Botswana on February 28, in a further expansion of India’s Translocation Project Cheetah.This will be the third major translocation of cheetahs from Africa under the project. The incoming group comprises six females and two males and is aimed at strengthening the reintroduced population in the subcontinent, where the species had become extinct nearly seven decades ago.Acc…