New batch of 8-10 cheetahs expected to arrive in December

NEW DELHI: A caller batch of 8-10 cheetahs volition get successful India either from Botswana oregon Namibia successful Dec portion different batch adjacent successful fig is expected from Kenya adjacent year, situation ministry officials said connected Wednesday.They said though govt has been successful talks with each 3 countries, Botswana and Namibia are successful the precedence database arsenic India has already successfully translocated cheetahs successful the archetypal 2 batches from a akin ecosystem of the confederate portion of the continent.India has, meanwhile, been preparing 2 much landscapes - Nauradehi wildlife sanctuary (Madhya Pradesh) and Banni grasslands (Gujarat) - for cheetah relocation, bringing the full fig of cheetah landscapes successful the state to four.

At present, Kuno National Park and Gandhinagar Wildlife Sanctuary successful Madhya Pradesh are the 2 landscapes for cheetahs."The caller batch volition either beryllium relocated to KNP oregon Gandhisagar oregon astatine some the landscapes. Banni grassland is, connected the different hand, being prepared for welcoming cheetahs from Kenya adjacent year," said an official. Currently, India has a full 27 cheetahs dispersed implicit 2 landscapes - Kuno (24) and Gandhisagar (3).

Eleven (six females and 5 males) of them are those who arrived successful India during the archetypal 2 batches successful 2022 and 2023, portion 16 of them are those who were calved successful India.

Fifteen of the 27 cheetahs are free-ranging (not confined to enclosures), chiefly wrong Kuno. The free-ranging colonisation includes some translocated adults and those calved successful India. "We whitethorn besides get bully quality of caller calved from Gandhisagar arsenic a pistillate cheetah was released determination connected Sept 17 for 2 antheral cheetahs who had been moved determination from Kuno successful April," said different official.