Government Prepares to Receive African Cheetah
Nearly 70 years after the cheetah was declared locally extinct or extirpated, India will receive its first batch of the large cats from Africa by the end of this year.
- This is the first time in the world that a large carnivore will be relocated from one continent to another.
Time Line of the Relocation Programme
- Although the current relocation attempt began in 2009, it is only last year that the Supreme Court gave the green signal to the Centre.
- An expert committee set up by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change under the chairmanship of Wildlife Trust of India ....
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