Eight cheetahs from Namibia have arrived in their new home, Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, where they were released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of the programme to reintroduce the feline in India.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released three cheetahs into the Kuno National Park. Sporting a fedora hat, the PM was also seen photographing the felines with a professional camera. He released two cheetahs from enclosure number one and after that, about 70 meters away, from the second enclosure released another one.
Radio collars have been strapped on all the cheetahs to be monitored through satellite. There is a dedicated monitoring team behind each cheetah which will monitor their movements around the clock.
The plane with cheetahs arrived at Gwalior’s Maharajpura airbase, operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF), shortly before 8 am. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia oversaw the arrangement as the cheetahs were transported to the air force chopper which flew them to Kuno National Park.