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Reintroduction of Cheetahs
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- The first batch of cheetahs are currently being brought from Namibia to be introduced into Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
- Prime Minister would release 8 cheetahs into the national park on September 17.
- The African cheetahs are slightly larger than their Asian counterparts.
- They are found all across Africa and are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN’s Red List.
- The Government is planning to reintroduce cheetahs, which became extinct in India in 1952.
- Currently, Iran is the only country in the world to have living population of Asiatic cheetahs.
- Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh was established in 1981 as wildlife sanctuary and was later given the status of national park in 2018.
- It was named after Kuno River, one of the major tributaries of the Chambal River.
- This river flows through the entire length, bisecting the national park.
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