Proponents of the project say the cheetahs’ presence in India will strengthen both conservation efforts and the local economy. But some experts say that the reintroduction plan is premature
Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.: A cheetah and her cub roam the Phinda Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Such private reserves will supply much of the newly established Indian cheetah population.: A cheetah sits inside a transport crate while being flown from South Africa's Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve to Grand Central Airport in Midrand, South Africa, in June 2022. The animal is among the first group of cheetahs to be released in India.
in the wild today, and Jhala and others say that adding India back as a range state will help grow the big cat’s numbers. Asiatic cheetahs, the subspecies that formerly occurred in India, now only survives in a tiny population in Iran. , emeritus director for the nonprofit Center for Wildlife Studies and a specialist in large carnivores. “It’s putting the cart before the horse.”, an independent conservation scientist who has conducted research on big cats in Africa and India. Cheetahs in India “perished for a reason,” he says, and that reason—human pressure—has only gotten worse in the 70 years since the species disappeared. “So the first question is, Why is this attempt even being made?”Please be respectful of copyright.
An aerial view shows the electric fence and gates of an enclosure where African cheetahs will quarantine for a month before being released into Kuno National Park, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.: A group of workers leave an electrified enclosure built for cheetahs in Kuno National Park. This enclosure has 10 compartments ranging in size, with the largest measuring around 0.4 square mile.
“But there are some conservationists who have really been pushing this, and they convinced the previous environment minister that he’ll become very famous if he brings the cheetah back.” Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.: A cheetah from South Africa's Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve emerges from a transport crate into Phinda Game Reserve, where it will live temporarily before being sent to India.
Tasked with identifying sites for a possible reintroduction, Jhala and colleagues honed in on Kuno, and by 2012, negotiations were underway with Namibia to import a first batch of cheetahs. But then, the Indian Supreme Court intervened, passing a judgment stating that Kuno should be prioritized for reintroducing
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