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India's plan to reintroduce Cheetah follows success in other such projects

Country increased its Tiger population and other conservation efforts helped the Indian antelope and the gaur

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A 10-square-km enclosure has been readied in the national park to house six Cheetahs

Shiva Rajora
By signing an agreement with the visiting Namibian Deputy Prime Minister in Delhi, India inches closer to reintroduce around three Cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park before Independence Day. Cheetah, the world’s fastest animal, is the only large carnivore that has gone extinct in the country. It is widely believed that the Maharaja Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo of Korea, Madhya Pradesh, killed the last three recorded Cheetahs in India in 1947. The government declared the animal extinct in 1952.

A 10-square-km enclosure has been readied in the national park to house six Cheetahs. Under the project it is expected

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