There are seven cheetahs in the batch being shipped to India, five female and three male. They are all younger than 5.5 years old.
On September 17, which also happens to be Prime Minister Modi’s birthday, eight Namibian cheetahs will be transported to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park and released into their new home. They will be transported by a Boeing 747-400 from Namibia’s capital, Windhoek. The main cabin will house them in cages. On the flight, vets will have complete access to them. There won’t be a pause for food breaks and they won’t be provided any food to keep them from getting sick. They’ll get there early on Saturday in Jaipur. Helicopters will transport them from Jaipur to Kuno National Park. The initiative to relocate cheetahs, the species, and everything else you need to know
Here is all the information you require about these cheetahs:
1. There are five female and three male cheetahs in the group of eight.Â
2. Male cheetahs range in age from 4.5 to 5.5 years, while females range in age from 2 to 5 years.
3. Two brothers that have been residing in the Namibian reserve of the Cheetah Conservation Fund since July 2021 are among the three male cheetahs.
India is preparing to get eight cheetahs from Namibia, 74 years after the last one passed away.
4. In a different reserve, a male cheetah was born in 2018.
5. In southeast Namibia, a waterhole close to Gobabis is where one of the female cheetahs was discovered. At the time they were transported to the reserve of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, they were underweight. Before they were discovered, their mother was thought to have perished in a wildfire.
6. A farm adjacent to the CCF’s reserve was the location of the capture of the second female cheetah.
7. In April 2020, the Erindi Private Game Reserve welcomed the third female cheetah into the world. More than two years ago, the CCF’s rehabilitation programme allowed the release of her mother, who had been in it.
8. The fourth was discovered hungry on a farm in 2017.
9. In 2019, the sixth female cheetah was discovered. The fourth and fifth children are “great buddies,” and they are frequently seen together.
10. After spending 30 days in quarantine, they will be released into a 6 sq km predator-proof facility.
