Cheetah Reintroduction Project

Cheetah, fastest land animal was declared extinct in India in 1952.

India’s last spotted Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) had died in Chhattisgarh in 1947.

This species was hunted into extinction by British colonial officers and Indian royalty.

As part of the plan, the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change will be translocating around 8-12 cheetahs from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana to Kuno Palpur National Park in Madhya Pradesh.

This could be the world’s first intercontinental cheetah translocation project.