wildlife translocation

Bhopal, March 10 – The Nauradehi wildlife sanctuary, which has been renamed Rani Durgavati Sanctuary and covers the districts of Narasinghpur, Damoh, and Sagar in Madhya Pradesh, will soon become the third home for cheetahs in India, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Tuesday.The Chief...

Sheopur (MP), March 2 Nine cheetahs airlifted from Botswana were in good health in their quarantine enclosures in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, where they were fed for the first time on Monday, officials said.This is the third batch of big cats from Africa that was brought on Saturday...

Bhopal, February 28 – Under the Centre’s ambitious ‘Project Cheetah’ reintroduction programme, India brought nine more cheetahs from Botswana on Saturday and released them into the Kuno National Park in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh.With this latest arrival, the total number of...

Gwalior, February 28 – A special aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF), carrying eight cheetahs from Botswana, arrived at the Gwalior airport on Saturday morning. After a formal inspection of the cheetahs, which had traveled for over 10 hours, the relevant officials moved the cages carrying the...

Sheopur (MP), February 23 Eight more cheetahs from Africa will be airlifted to Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh on February 28, bringing the total number of these big cats in India to 46, officials said on Monday. The group from Botswana, consisting of six females and two males, will...