Cheetah Reintroduction Project
August 27 , 2018
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- Madhya Pradesh forest department has written to National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to revive its Cheetah Reintroduction Project.
- The move is to reintroduce Cheetahs in Nauradehi sanctuary located in Sagar district of the state.
- The ambitious project was conceived in 2009 but had hit a roadblock for want of funds.
- Cheetah was declared extinct in India in 1952. India’s last spotted Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) had died in Chhattisgarh in 1947.
- National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is a statutory body under Union Environment Ministry.
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