- The Union environment ministry has constituted a nine-member task force for monitoring the reintroduction of cheetahs into the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
- Eight cheetahs were brought to India from Namibia on September 17 this year — on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday — 70 years after they were declared extinct in the country and were released in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park in Sheopur and Morena districts.Â
- The task force will review the health status of cheetahs and monitor their hunting skills and adaptation to the habitat.
- It will monitor the release of cheetahs from quarantine bomas to soft release enclosures and then to grass land and open forest areas.
- The panel will also give suggestions and advice on the development of tourism infrastructure in the fringe areas of the Kuno National Park and other protected areas.
Environment Ministry Sets Up Task Force For Cheetahs In Kuno National Park
