Environment and Ecology
Kuno Park unsuitable to host all 20 cheetahs, not enough prey, says scientist
- The Kuno National Par (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh, which currently hosts 20 cheetahs brought in from Africa, does not have enough prey to sustain all the animals.
- Eight cheetahs from Namibia and 12 from South Africa were transported to India between September 2022 and February 2023 as part of an initiative to reintroduce the species to India, where the cheetah population had gone extinct in the early 1950s.
- Cheetah reintroduction plan
- National tiger conservation authority
Cheetah Reintroduction Plan
- 1952 – Cheetah declared extinct in India.
- Intercontinented translocation project between India and Africa (Mainly from South Africa and Namibia)
- Introduced – Sep. 17, 2022
- Kuno – Palpar National Park, Madhya Pradesh
- 8 – Cheetahs from Namibia
- 12 – Cheetahs from South Africa
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
- Statutory body
- Under the Ministry of Environment forest and climate change
- Constituted under wildlife (protection) Act, 1972
- Amended in 2006
For strengthening Tiger conservation
