in the future earlier than Scheduled arrival of eight cheetahs from NamibiaOfficials revealed that the touchdown vacation spot of the particular cargo aircraft carrying these felines has been modified – from Jaipur in Rajasthan to Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh.
These cheetahs shall be taken to Gwalior within the early hours of Saturday, from the place they are going to be taken in a particular helicopter to Kuno National Park (KNP) in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh, the place Prime Minister Narendra Modi will drop three of them within the park. quarantine enclosures, an official stated.
As per the sooner plan, the particular plane carrying these animals was to land in Jaipur from the African nation, from the place they have been to be despatched to KNP.
Speaking to PTI on Friday, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Wildlife, JS Chauhan stated, “The cheetahs will reach Gwalior and from there they will be sent in a special helicopter to KNP.” Eight cheetahs – 5 females and three males – from Namibian capital Windhoek shall be dropped at Gwalior airport in a custom-made method.
Boeing 747-400 plane, officers have stated beforehand.
Chouhan confirmed that the cheetahs from Gwalior shall be shifted to the KNP helipad in an Indian Air Force (IAF) Chinook heavy-lift helicopter.
According to the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), a global non-profit group headquartered in Namibia and devoted to saving cheetahs within the wild, 5 feminine cheetahs are between two and 5 years outdated.
And the lifespan of male cheetahs is between 4.5 years and 5.5 years.
The final cheetah in India died in 1947 in Koriya district, in present-day Chhattisgarh, previously a part of Madhya Pradesh, and the species was declared extinct from India in 1952.
Officials stated the ‘African Cheetah Introduction Project in India’ was conceived in 2009 and plans to introduce the massive cat by November final yr on the KNP suffered a setback because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
