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The stage is set for the return of the cheetah to India. The imports from Africa will be released on Saturday. A look at the challenges of translocating wild animals across continents.
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What it takes to successfully move big cats like cheetahs out of their natural habitats
The stage is set for the return of the cheetah to India. The imports from Africa will be released on Saturday. A look at the challenges of translocating wild animals across continents.
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New Delhi | Updated: September 16, 2022 6:20:17 pm
The cheetahs will fly overnight to travel during the coolest hours of the day. (Photo credit: CCF)On Friday (September 16), a modified passenger B-747 Jumbo Jet will take off from Hosea Kutako International Airport in Windhoek, Namibia, for Gwalior. On board will be eight Namibian wild cheetahs, five females and three males, the founders of a new population in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.
A special bird touches down in the Land of the Brave to carry goodwill ambassadors to the Land of the Tiger.#AmritMahotsav #IndiaNamibia pic.twitter.com/vmV0ffBncO
— India In Namibia (@IndiainNamibia) September 14, 2022
The cheetahs will fly overnight to travel during the coolest hours of the day. Landing in Jaipur in the morning, they will be transferred by helicopter to Kuno, where they will be released in specially erected enclosures by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (September 17).
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