India sign an agreement with Namibia to reintroduce cheetah
Highlights:
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Namibia aims to bring back cheetahs to the country after nearly seven decades.
- The first eight cheetahs are expected to arrive in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park by August 15.
- Separately, India is anticipated to receive 12 cheetahs from South Africa; a draught deal has already been signed, and a final one is forthcoming, according to authorities with knowledge of the situation.
- 69 years after the last known cheetah was hunted down in Chhattisgarh in 1952, the animal will re-enter a wild enclosure in India.
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