Bhopal: The Second batch of cheetahs arrived in India from South Africa on Saturday (February 18). Indian Air Force’s (IAF) C-17 Globemaster plane landed in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior with seven male and 5 feminine cheetahs at round 10 am on the Gwalior air base. The twelve cheetahs will now be taken to Kuno National Park (KNP) in Sheopur district for launch into quarantine enclosures.
The newly arrived cheetahs from Namibia shall be launched into the KNP by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union minister Bhupender Yadav.
#WATCH | Indian Air Force’s (IAF) C-17 Globemaster plane carrying 12 cheetahs from South Africa lands in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior. pic.twitter.com/Ln19vyyLP5
— ANI (@ANI) (*12*)February 18, 2023
Earlier final yr, first set of eight from Namibia having been launched on September 17 at a operate by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. From Gwalior, they are going to be flown to the KNP round 12 midday in an IAF helicopter. They shall be put into quarantine bomas (enclosures) after half an hour (12.30 pm), an professional had mentioned.
The intercontinental translocation of those quickest land animals – first from Namibia and now from South Africa – is a part of the Indian authorities’s bold cheetah reintroduction programme.
