India announced this Wednesday
the birth of four cheetah cubs
in the Kuno National Park, the first births that have occurred since the extinction of this species in the country more than seven decades ago, within the framework of a project that aims to reintroduce the species.
"A momentous event in our wildlife conservation history! I am delighted to share that four cubs were born to one of the cheetahs translocated to India on 17th September 2022," Indian Environment Minister Bhupender
tweeted
.
Yadav.
One of the introduced female cheetahs in India (AFP).
The mother of these four cubs
arrived in India last September along with seven other cheetahs, as part of an ambitious project that seeks to recover the world's fastest land animal in the Asian country, where the species was officially declared extinct more than seven decades.
Known as 'Project Cheetah', the plan proposes to bring 50 cheetahs
of African origin to India
over the next five years , coming from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, of which about twenty have already landed.
Introduced cheetahs are in the wild in Kuno National Park.
Although the objective is to release them throughout the Indian geography, the first specimens of the species are being introduced in the Kuno National Park (
748 square kilometers
), located in the center of the country, due to the scarce human presence, the abundance of water and the large number of herbivorous species that inhabit the place.
Extinct since 1952
The birth of the first litter of these animals is an important achievement for the authorities, who this week suffered a painful accolade when
one of the
recently introduced cheetahs died, due to a kidney disease that had been going on since before their arrival. .
India announced on Wednesday the birth of four cheetah cubs in Kuno National Park.
The Asiatic cheetah was declared extinct in India
in 1952,
mainly due to the indiscriminate hunting of these animals and the destruction of their natural habitats.
Another of the cheetahs arrived in India after being released into the wild (AFP).
The experts had proposed for repopulation the cheetah of African origin over the Asian, which currently only survives in Iran, in danger of extinction and where less than 20 specimens
have been sighted in recent years.
According to the initial report of the project, presented by Yadav a year ago, the survival of 50% of the released animals after the first year
would be considered a success.
EFE Agency.
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