Watch: 12 Cheetahs From South Africa Take Off For Madhya Pradesh
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An aircraft carrying the cheetahs will land at the Gwalior Air Force base at 10 am. 10 quarantine bomas have been created at Kuno National Park for the big cats, officials said.
Twelve cheetahs from South Africa will be flown in to Madhya Pradesh today months after eight big cats had been ferried from Namibia. For the first time in history, South Africa will be translocating 12 cheetahs to India as part of an initiative to expand the cheetah meta-population & to reintroduce the mammals in the country.#SACheetahstoIndiapic.twitter.com/HvKpEHUDBa
The cheetahs will be released into their quarantine enclosures in the Kuno National Park by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.
An aircraft carrying the cheetahs will land at the Gwalior Air Force base at 10 am. They will then be taken to Kuno National Park in helicopters.
