India and Namibia Sign MoU to Bring Cheetah to Kuno National Park

India and Namibia Sign MoU to Bring  Cheetah to Kuno National Park

India and Namibia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Wildlife Conservation and Sustainable Bio-diversity Use. The MoU between the two countries.emphasizes on wildlife conservation and sustainable biodiversity use. The MoU between

India and Namibia aims to bring back cheetahs to the country after nearly seven decades. The first eight cheetahs are expected to reach the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh by August 15.

The last living cheetah in India was seen in Chhattisgarh in 1952. Preparations are being made to

bring Cheetah back to India after 69 years. Under the Cheetah Translocation Project (CTP), the Union Environment Ministry aims to breed the animals in an enclosure before releasing them into the Kuno forest. Before releasing the creatures into the wild, the ministry intends to breed them in a cage in Kuno as part of the CTP.

According to a statement from the Ministry of Environment, the primary objective of the CTP is to

create a healthy meta-population of the animal in the country which will enable it to fulfill its functional

role as an apex predator and prepare the space for its spread in the historic region, and supports the efforts to preserve it at Range and globally.