Project Cheetah: India eagerly awaits the arrival of Cheetah

The nation is waiting to celebrate the arrival of cheetahs from Africa.

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Most of us may have never seen a cheetah as it went extinct from India about 70 years ago.

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Attempts to re-introduce Asiatic cheetahs failed as Iran turned down India’s request.

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And after over 12 years of negotiations, the governments of Namibia and India finally signed a pact this year.

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Namibia has agreed to send 50 cheetahs to India over the next five years.

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From Jaipur, they will be flown in a helicopter to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh– where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release them the same day.

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