Q. Consider the following statements regarding “project cheetah”:
1. Cheetah is the only large carnivore species that went extinct in Independent India.
2. Under the project, cheetahs were brought from West African regions.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation: Project Cheetah is India’s cheetah relocation programme and the 1st intercontinental reintroduction of a wild, large carnivore species.
· The project is to bring in 5-10 animals every year, over the next decade, until a self-sustaining population of cheetahs is established.
· Asiatic Cheetahs were once abundant in India but the last cheetah in the country died in 1952.
· The animals brought from Namibia and South Africa is the Southeast African cheetahs.
Source: FORUMIAS
