Introducing Cheetahs

[Shamsher]

Cheetah to run in India once again... hopefully
New Delhi: The cheetah will run again in India. The Ministry of Environment and Forests on Wednesday cleared a whopping Rs 300-crore plan to raise 18 cheetahs at three sites — six in each — in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan

The Ministry of Environment and Forests has asked Iran to provide the cheetahs. The other option being considered are African cheetahs being bred in Sharjah.


The cheetah has been extinct in India since the 1960s, the only mammal other than the Sumatran Rhino to be wiped out from the country.

Last year, wildlife experts M K Ranjitsinh and Divyabhanu Singh, affiliated with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), proposed reintroducing the cheetah in India. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh pushed the project and sought a technical report from the WTI and Wildlife Institute of India (WII) on possible sites where the cheetah could be reintroduced.

how much does that make 1 cheetah worth ???

[fantumfan]

Whats the point, where are the grasslands which is their natural habitat. Long since encroached upon by greedy humans.
And anyway it will not be the 100% asli Indian Cheetah. Even the Iraniana ones are close cousins not the asli maal.

M.

[gunfreak]

Out of 300cr, only 10% will be used for cheetahs. Rest for Babu's. one more Ghotala is awaited

[R.S]

Thats a great initiative !!I We all know how things work in India but lets be a little more optimistic people !! Even if 30 crores and not 300 are actually spent on the magnificent animal its a step in the right direction!! Can't wait to see the beautiful animal run wild in our country !!

[b.baracho]

That’s great news Environment and Forests related taken up by our country I have heard in a long time..