{"id":227016,"date":"2023-02-17T21:03:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T15:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=227016"},"modified":"2023-02-22T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T04:55:34","slug":"environment-minister-announces-the-translocation-of-twelve-cheetahs-from-south-africa-to-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/environment-minister-announces-the-translocation-of-twelve-cheetahs-from-south-africa-to-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment Minister announces the translocation of twelve Cheetahs from South Africa to India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the articl<\/span><b>e \u201c<\/b><b>Environment Minister <\/b><b>announces the translocation of twelve Cheetahs from South Africa to India\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> PIB <\/b>on <b>17th February 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate change has announced the translocation of twelve Cheetahs from South Africa to India. The Cheetahs will be translocated to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>When did Cheetahs go extinct in India?<\/b><\/h2>\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>What is the Cheetah Reintroduction project?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Aim: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To establish a viable cheetah metapopulation in India that allows the cheetah to perform its functional role as a top predator and provide space for the expansion of the cheetah within its historic range thereby contributing to its global conservation efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>As per the Action Plan for Cheetah Introduction in India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, annually 10\u201312 cheetahs are required to be imported from African countries for the next 5 years at least.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 In this context, the Government of India has successfully concluded the signing of MoU with the Republic of South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Under the provisions of the MoU, a first batch of 12 cheetahs (7 males, 5 females) will be translocated from South Africa to India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In September 2022, the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government of India welcomed eight African Cheetahs from Namibia to Madhya Pradesh\u2019s Kuno National Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 99.8649%;\"><strong>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cheetah-acinonyx-jubatus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cEnvironment Minister announces the translocation of twelve Cheetahs from South Africa to India\u201d published in PIB on 17th February 2023 What is the News? The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate change has announced the translocation of twelve Cheetahs from South Africa to India. The Cheetahs&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/environment-minister-announces-the-translocation-of-twelve-cheetahs-from-south-africa-to-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Environment Minister announces the translocation of twelve Cheetahs from South Africa to India<\/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":[3590],"class_list":["post-227016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702457381},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227016","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=227016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}