{"id":224044,"date":"2023-01-28T18:56:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T13:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=224044"},"modified":"2023-02-25T11:58:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T06:28:24","slug":"12-cheetahs-from-south-africa-to-arrive-in-india-by-february-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/12-cheetahs-from-south-africa-to-arrive-in-india-by-february-end\/","title":{"rendered":"12 cheetahs from South Africa to arrive in India by February-end"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201c12 cheetahs from South Africa to arrive in India by February-end\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> The Hindu <\/b>on <b>28th January 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India and South Africa have signed an agreement to translocate 12 cheetahs to India.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cheetah\u2019s Reintroduction Programme<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, the Cheetah\u2019s population got completely wiped out in the early 1950s, mainly due to over-hunting and habitat loss.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the \u2018Action Plan for Reintroduction of Cheetah in India\u2019, cheetahs will be brought from African countries to various national parks over the next few years.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Must read: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cheetah-reintroduction-in-india\/\">Cheetah Reintroduction in India \u2013 Explained, pointwise<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>How many Cheetah\u2019s will be sent to India from South Africa?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per agreement, 12 Cheetah\u2019s will be translocated to India from South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cheetah\u2019s will be <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reintroduced at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, where eight such cats were brought from Namibia in 2022 under a similar agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initial batch of cheetahs from South Africa will be followed by the transport of batches of 12 annually for the next \u201ceight to 10 years\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the significance of the Reintroduction of Cheetah&#8217;s into India?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restoring cheetah populations is considered to be a priority for India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will have vital and far-reaching conservation consequences which would aim to achieve a number of ecological objectives including re-establishing the function role of cheetah within their historical range in India and enhancing the livelihood options and economies of the local communities.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201c12 cheetahs from South Africa to arrive in India by February-end\u201d published in The Hindu on 28th January 2023 What is the News? India and South Africa have signed an agreement to translocate 12 cheetahs to India. About Cheetah\u2019s Reintroduction Programme In India, the Cheetah\u2019s population got&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/12-cheetahs-from-south-africa-to-arrive-in-india-by-february-end\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">12 cheetahs from South Africa to arrive in India by February-end<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-224044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704194567},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224044","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\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}