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<keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> is all set to introduce cheetahs from <keyword id="6355117" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="south-africa" source="Orion">South Africa</keyword> in a wildlife sanctuary in <keyword id="6355554" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="madhya-pradesh" source="Orion">Madhya Pradesh</keyword> by August as part of attempts to rehabilitate the species that had become extinct from the country. A top environment ministry official said a special 10 sq km enclosure for cheetahs has been readied at the Kuno-Palpur National Park in Madhya Pradesh and would soon be home to at least six cheetahs that would be brought here from South Africa. "The agreement with South Africa is in place and is being vetted by the legal cell," he said. Talks were also on with Namibia for introducing cheetahs from there in India, but have hit a roadblock over certain issues related to hunting. "We plan to introduce 8-10 cheetahs every year and take the number to 50 over a five-year period," he said. A team from South Africa is visiting <keyword id="4175176" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="kuno-palpur" source="Orion">Kuno Palpur</keyword> next week to examine the arrangements made for the cheetahs. Discussions to bring the <keyword id="54781" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="cheetah" source="Orion">cheetah</keyword> back to India were initiated in 2009 by the Wildlife Trust of India. Cheetah is the only large carnivore that got completely wiped out from India, mainly due to over-hunting and habitat loss. The Supreme Court had appointed an expert panel, which approved Kuno Palpur as the possible location for cheetah relocation. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/karnataka-sees-spike-in-new-covid-19-cases-after-3-months/articleshow/92072103.cms">Karnataka sees spike in new COVID-19 cases after 3 months</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="http://www.businessinsider.in/sustainability/news/india-came-last-at-the-environmental-performance-index-2022/articleshow/92071566.cms">India came last at the Environmental Performance Index 2022</a>

India set to reintroduce South African cheetah in a wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh by August

Two <keyword id="1113296" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cheetah-cubs" source="Orion">cheetah cubs</keyword> born in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park nearly two months ago died on Thursday due to "sweltering heat and weakness", the official said. As per the officials, the cubs which were born to a Namibian <keyword id="54781" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cheetah" source="Orion">cheetah</keyword> on March 24, died from apparent dehydration and weakness within the fenced area housing the mother and cubs. A female cheetah named Jwala brought from Namibia at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district, gave birth to four cubs in March this year. After the death of the cubs, the total number of cubs has now been reduced to one at Kuno Park. "After the death of one cub, the remaining three cubs and the female cheetah Jwala were monitored continuously throughout the day by wildlife doctors posted in Palpur. Supplemental food was given to the Cheetah Jwala during the day. During monitoring, the condition of the remaining 3 cubs did not seem normal," the official statement said on Thursday. It further said that the cubs could not be saved despite all medical efforts due to their critical condition. "It is also worth noting here that the date 23.05.2023 was also the hottest day of this summer season. The day's maximum temperature was around 46-47 degree Celsius. Extremely hot winds and heat waves continued throughout the day. Seeing the unusual condition, the management and the team of wildlife doctors immediately decided to rescue the three cubs and do necessary treatment. 2 cubs were not saved despite all medical efforts due to their critical condition," it further said. Earlier on May 23 also, a cub died. Notably, the Union environment ministry had flown in eight cheetahs from Namibia into Kuno in September last year and 12 more from South Africa in February this year as part of the project that seeks to establish clusters of wild cheetahs in India. Notably, in the past few months, three cheetahs have already died at the National Park, raising fingers at the Kuno management and administration. A Namibian cheetah died in March from kidney disease, a South African cheetah died in April from an undetermined cause, and a second South African cheetah died earlier this month after being injured by male cheetahs during mating efforts. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/simple-one-electric-scooter-launched-with-212-km-range-check-out-price-specifications-and-other-details/articleshow/100449367.cms">Simple One electric scooter launched with 212 km range: Check out price, specifications and other details</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/2000-note-withdrawal-how-to-exchange-notes-is-it-a-legal-tender-and-other-questions-answered/articleshow/100412941.cms">₹2,000 note withdrawal – How to exchange them, is it a legal tender and other questions answered</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/apple-app-store-prevented-over-2-billion-in-fraudulent-transactions-last-year-banned-282-million-user-accounts/articleshow/100322718.cms">Apple App Store prevented over $2 billion in fraudulent transactions last year, banned 282 million user accounts</a>

Two more cheetah cubs die from 'dehydration and weakness' in Kuno

<ul><li><keyword id="745666" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="cheetahs" source="Orion">Cheetahs</keyword> were once declared extinct in <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> seven decades ago, and now they’re coming back, thanks to Namibia. </li><li>Cheetahs are the fastest predator in the world, and experts suggest they can help boost biodiversity by hunting down herbivores. </li><li>India’s grasslands have declined 31% in the past decade, and the arrival of cheetahs could rejuvenate them. </li></ul>India, the land of tigers, is ready to receive five African female and three male Cheetahs aboard a blue-orange tiger illustrated plane from <keyword id="288933" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="windhoek" source="Orion">Windhoek</keyword>, capital of Namibia. They will reach the Kuno-Palpur National Park in <keyword id="6355554" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="madhya-pradesh" source="Orion">Madhya Pradesh</keyword> on September 17 after making an hour-long pit stop at Jaipur, Rajasthan. Among these are two female <keyword id="54781" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="cheetah" source="Orion">Cheetah</keyword> besties and one male sibling duo. All Cheetahs are under 5.5 years in age. The creatures will not be served food on the 11-hour plane ride as it can make them nauseous. Faster than the fastest Yamaha bike Called ‘the smallest of the big cats’, these magnificent creatures can outrun the fastest Yamaha bike. They went extinct in India in 1952 due to extensive hunting in the pre-independence era. The last Cheetah was seen in Sal forests of Chhattisgarh's Koriya district in 1948. “The post-independence era still had remnants of rajas and maharajas from the princely states of India. Hunting was seen as a sign of aristocracy and even after the British left, the trend continued resulting in Cheetahs disappearing from India’s grasslands,” said Sunil Kumar Nandamudi, CEO at Amrit Nature Solutions, India-based company helping conserve biodiversity. The fastest animal in the world is rapidly going extinct everywhere. There are only 8,000 of these wild cats left with less than 50 of the Asiatic Cheetah species. <div type="image" title="Cheetahs" msid="94244357" hostid="261" sizebytes="2368664"></div> Cheetah is a Sanskrit word Cheetahs were always a part of India’s rich history. As per a book written by Divyabhanusinh, ‘The End of a Trail – The Cheetah in India’, Emperor Akbar alone owned 1,000 cheetahs. In fact, the word Cheetah itself has an Indian origin, चीता (ćītā). This originates from the Sanskrit word – चित्रय (Chitra-ya), meaning ‘spotted’ or ‘painted’. The cost of Project Cheetah The Project Cheetah had originally tried to bring back Asian cheetahs from Iran. However, the country turned down India’s request. After many negotiations, Namibia, which has the largest population of Cheetahs in the world, agreed to India’s request. The African Cheetah coming from Namibia may not be the same that went extinct from India, but they have the same genes, according to a report by PTI. India's top public sector company <keyword id="6356834" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="indian-oil-corporation" source="Orion">Indian Oil Corporation</keyword> or IOC has agreed to give ₹50 crore towards funding the ambitious trans-continental relocation of Cheetahs from Africa to India, PTI reported. IOC has signed a memorandum of understanding with the <keyword id="49041" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="national-tiger-conservation-authority" source="Orion">National Tiger Conservation Authority</keyword> (NTCA) for meeting two-thirds of the ₹75 crore project cost. Under this project, a source population of 15-20 cheetahs will be flown in from Namibia and South Africa and will be introduced at Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh. The project would help with cheetah habitat management and protection, ecology development, staff training and its veterinary healthcare. Why are cheetahs being brought to India? Cheetahs are at the top of the food chain and are natural predators. They control the health of biodiversity and the tropical landscape of a country by hunting down herbivores like antelopes. Excess of plant-eating herbivores leads to ‘overgrazing’, which shrinks the size of grasslands. “Biodiversity and climate change are two sides of the same coin and Cheetahs are grassland creatures. Earlier, the entire Deccan plateau of India boasted of them but since grasslands are shrinking, it impacts the number of cheetahs,” said Sunil. Cheetahs, experts hope, will boost the health of grasslands in India. 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