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MP’s Kuno prepares for world’s first intercontinental cheetah translocation project

Ishadrita Lahiri -
The park is expecting 12-14 cheetahs to arrive by 15 August. However, translocating cheetahs during the monsoons brings its own set of challenges. 

‘Mistakes will be made’: Why worries stalk India’s plans to bring back the cheetah

+TFP Simrin Sirur -
In the next few months, 12 cheetahs are likely to be brought in from South Africa. The large cat went extinct in India in the 1950s.

Cheetah ‘all set to return’ to India 70 years after it went extinct in the country

PTI -
Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launched an action plan under which 50 of these big cats will be introduced in the next 5 years. The cheetah went extinct in 1952 in India.

HAL choppers get defence ministry nod in bid to replace Cheetah & Chetak, Kamov hangs in balance

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The 12 helicopters, six each for the Army and the IAF, will be delivered in August 2022.

African experts to come calling as India prepares ground for cheetah reintroduction

Tenzin Zompa -
Experts from South Africa and Namibia will arrive in April to check out potential habitats, while a team of Indian experts will go to Africa for training between May and August.

Why India’s plan to reintroduce cheetahs can run into problems

Simon Evans -
In early 2020, the Supreme Court agreed that wildlife authorities could reintroduce the cheetah to India, 70 years after its local extinction.

These wildlife sanctuaries in India could host cheetahs brought in from Africa

Mohana Basu -
Based on a 2010 govt report, ThePrint lists the sites that could be used to serve as cheetah habitat in India, including the Kuno sanctuary in MP.

SC allows introduction of African Cheetahs to India — MP sanctuary to be the likely host

Debayan Roy -
SC was hearing a plea file by National Tiger Conservation Authority seeking permission for introduction of African Cheetahs from Namibia.

In 1990, there was another daring rescue of an IAF helicopter from Siachen Glacier

AVM Manmohan Bahadur (retd) -
In 1990, when Siachen Glacier was a live battle zone, a Cheetah helicopter had to be rescued in freezing temperatures and under heavy firing.
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