Sheopur (MP): With the arrival of 12 South African carnivores – including five females – on Saturday, Madhya Pradesh now boasts a cheetah population of 20.
The dozen animals were first conveyed to Gwalior aboard an IAF special plane, medically examined and thence departed on helicopters for Kuno National Park where comprehensive arrangements are in place. Ten quarantine bomas and a couple of isolation wards are ready, it was officially learnt.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed heartfelt gratitude towards “visionary” Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“This will prove crucial from the tourism and employment angles,” he wrote in social media.
On September 17, 2022; Mr Modi released eight such beasts that were brought from Namibia.
