Cheetahs coming to India In India, the cheetah population used to be fairly widespread. The cheetah is believed to have disappeared from the Indian landscape in 1947 when Maharaja Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo of Koriya princely state hunted down and shot the last three recorded Asiatic cheetahs in India. The cheetah was officially declared extinct by the Indian government in 1952. Over 70 years after it went extinct in India, the cheetah will return to the country on Saturday, September 17, coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday. Eight African cheetahs from Namibia — five females and three males between the ages of 4-6 years — will be flown 8,000 km over the Indian ocean to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, where they will be released as part of India’s Rs 90-crore Cheetah Introduction project. This is the first time in the world that a large carnivore will be relocated from one continent to another. #cheetah #kunonationalpark #cheetahinindia #cheetahreintroduction #bigcats #welcomecheetah #indianwildlife (at Kuno Palpur Cheetah Century Sheopur Madhya Pradesh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CikzO7QsrVK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
