12 cheetahs arrived in Madhya Pradesh from South Africa, were released into the quarantine enclosures at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Sheopur district.

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12 cheetahs arrived in Madhya Pradesh from South Africa, were released into the quarantine enclosures at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Sheopur district. The country's last cheetah died in Koriya district of present-day Chhattisgarh in 1947 and the species was declared extinct in 1952. With the addition of these 12 members, the count of cheetahs at the KNP has gone up to 20. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had released eight cheetahs from Namibia into the KNP on September 17, 2022. An Indian Air Force (AIF) plane carrying the 12 cheetahs - seven males and five females - from South Africa, arrived at the Gwalior airport. The Kuno National Park, the new home of the cheetahs, is situated on the northern side of Vidhyachal mountains and is spread across more than 700 square km.


     

     

     

 

     


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