Task Force Meet To Discuss Shifting Cheetahs To Their Acclimatization Enclosure

The nine-member task force, including Wildlife Institute of India scientist Dr Vishnu Priya, was set up on September 20 to monitor the introduction of cheetahs in KNP.

A task force formed by the Centre to monitor the cheetahs brought to the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh from Namibia last month held a meeting on Thursday and among things discussed the issue of shifting the big cats to their acclimatization enclosure, sources in the state forest department said.

While members of the task force and officials were not available for comments, the sources said the meeting was held deep inside the jungle.

"I can't comment on the meeting's outcome," an official of the MP forest department said when contacted by PTI in the evening.

However, the sources said six out of the nine members of the task force took part in the meeting, which among other things, discussed the issue of shifting the cheetahs, currently kept in quarantine zones, to a larger acclimatization enclosure before they are released in the wild.