{"id":206466,"date":"2022-09-17T19:29:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T13:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=206466"},"modified":"2022-09-17T19:30:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T14:00:59","slug":"reintroduction-of-cheetah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/reintroduction-of-cheetah\/","title":{"rendered":"Reintroduction of Cheetah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the articles \u201cWhy the return of cheetah is a powerful symbol\u201d <\/strong>published in the mint and \u201cCheetahs will do well as India has history of their Presence\u201d<\/strong> in The Times of India <\/strong>on 17th September 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS3- Environment<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>– About species reintroduction<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>– The article explains the government action plan for African Cheetah reintroduction to Kuno National Park.<\/p>\n

Eight African Cheetahs will be reintroduced to Kuno national park.<\/p>\n

The last Cheetah was recorded in 1947. After independence, it became extinct.<\/p>\n

What is the plan for the Cheetah reintroduction to Kuno?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The cheetahs will be first released in large fenced areas for adapting to the new environment. They will be fitted with satellite collars to track their movements.<\/p>\n

After a short stay, they will be released into a large enclosure to make them familiar with the new environment. Here they will remain for around a month before being released into the wild.<\/p>\n

Their movements will be monitored by researchers.<\/p>\n

What are the issues related to reintroduction?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The animals being brought are southeast African Cheetah. It is a different subspecies from Asiatic Cheetah.<\/p>\n

Instead of being allowed to run wild, they will be held up in tightly controlled Kuno national park.<\/p>\n

Earlier plans to relocate Asiatic lions from Gujarat to Kuno national park were not successful.<\/p>\n

Other cats will have to be removed first. Recently, leopards entered into enclosures meant for Cheetah into Kuno national park.<\/p>\n

It will have to survive alongside tigers and leopards<\/strong>. The habitat of cheetahs is totally different from that of tigers and leopards. Cheetahs thrive in grasslands while tigers and leopards survive in dry deciduous forests.<\/p>\n

What are the factors favouring its reintroduction?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

It can survive in Indian habitats. Kuno is the same place where cheetahs once existed. The area has grasslands and forest habitats appropriate for this species.<\/p>\n

African and Indian cheetahs have little genetic difference.<\/p>\n

How will reintroduction of the species help?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Bringing back cheetahs will restore the historic evolutionary balance<\/strong>. Dryland ecosystems of India will have a chance to return to their natural state as it is the flagship species of grasslands.<\/p>\n

It will also uplift the livelihood of the indigenous forest communities<\/strong>. It will increase tourism as India is the only country where all the six big cat species are found.<\/p>\n

In saving the cheetah, grassland-dependent species like caracal, which are on the brink, will also be saved.<\/p>\n

Project Cheetah will boost the ecosystem and biodiversity where it will live.<\/p>\n

What needs to be done?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Other cats that are extinct like caracals also need attention.<\/p>\n

We need to focus upon other Indian animals like great Indian bustard and vultures.<\/p>\n

Cheetah conservation can be used for consolidation of grassland and shrubland that are languishing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the articles \u201cWhy the return of cheetah is a powerful symbol\u201d published in the mint and \u201cCheetahs will do well as India has history of their Presence\u201d in The Times of India on 17th September 2022. Syllabus: GS3- Environment Relevance– About species reintroduction News– The article explains the government… Continue reading Reintroduction of Cheetah<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10496],"class_list":["post-206466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}