After a wait of 70 years with no signs of cheetahs in India, finally, the country will get to see these wild big cats. Eight African cheetahs will land at MP’s Kuno National Park tomorrow.
First Look of Cheetahs Coming to Kuno National Park
Ahead of the arrival, the first glimpse of African Cheetahs is leaked. News Agency ANI has released a video showing the big cats. Watch the video here:
#WATCH | First look of Cheetahs that will be brought from Namibia to India on 17th September at KUNO National Park, in Madhya Pradesh pic.twitter.com/HOjexYWtE6
— ANI (@ANI) September 16, 2022
The location shown in the video is Namibia but soon the background will change to Kuno National Park.
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African Cheetahs Ready to Get New Home 
Preparations are done to welcome the group of five females and 3 male cheetahs. A special cargo flight carrying the animals will bring them to Indian soil.
They will fly for almost 11 hours to reach India at 5:30 am on September 17. Earlier, it was planned that the flight will land in Jaipur from where cheetahs will transfer to Kuno National Park.
But there’s a change in plan and now the flight will directly land in Gwalior around 6 pm.
All 8 cheetahs will be wearing radio frequency satellite collars for continuous observation on them. The collar also serves as the identification and is given by Namibia Conservation Fund.
Kuno National Park Management will also get the ID and password of the collars. Later, cheetahs will get a name for identification purposes at the park’s management level.
Inauguration at Kuno
India is getting this gift on the day when Narendra Modi was born. A special function is thus organized to celebrate the two occasions. Modi will also fly to Sheopur for the ceremony and release the three big cats ( 2 males and one female).
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All the arrangements for the new members of the park are made. Around 181 spotted deer (cheetals ) are also brought to the park from Rajgarh forest. They will be the prey of African cheetahs.
Cheetahs remained disappeared from India for a long time. They vanished in 1952 and were declared an extinct species by IUCN.
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