14 Sept 2022

A team of Namibia’s Cheetah Conservation Foundation (CCF) will travel with eight cheetahs from southern Africa to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park on Saturday, culminating the 12-year coordination of the organisation dedicated to saving the cheetah in the wild with the Indian authorities and scientists for the translocation project even as challenges remain.

The cheetahs will be flown first to Jaipur and then to Kuno. They have been vaccinated, fitted with satellite collars, and are currently in isolation at CCF Centre in Otjiwarongo. The cheetahs were selected on the basis of an assessment of health, wild disposition, hunting skills, and ability to contribute genetics that will result in a strong founder population.

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