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Project Cheetah: Kuno National Park's cheetah population grows
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Which country sent India its first cheetahs? Project Cheetah and Kuno, the Prelims environment question to settle
Kuno National Park, home of Project Cheetah, is tracking cubs born in India as a sign of the reintroduced population settling.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh is the site of Project Cheetah, under which African cheetahs were reintroduced to India from September 2022, beginning with a batch from Namibia.
Cubs born in India, including the female cub Mukhi, are being watched as a sign that the introduced population can breed and settle.
ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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Remember these
- Project Cheetah reintroduced African cheetahs to India from September 2022.
- Site: Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.
- The first batch of cheetahs came from Namibia.
- Cheetah was declared extinct in India in 1952.
- Cubs born in India, such as the female cub Mukhi, signal that the population can breed and settle.
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How the exam will ask it
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- Project Cheetah is an intercontinental reintroduction of African cheetahs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
- The first batch of cheetahs was brought from Namibia in September 2022.
- The cheetah was declared extinct in India in 1952; the species introduced is the African cheetah, not the Asiatic cheetah.
- Births of cubs in India are treated as a key indicator of whether the introduced population is settling.
മെയിൻസ്
GS-III (Environment): Project Cheetah raises the question of whether intercontinental reintroduction is a sound conservation strategy. The project is backed by a dedicated Cheetah Action Plan and habitat management at Kuno, and its success is judged by breeding, survival of cubs and a self-sustaining population. The way forward is adequate prey base and habitat, additional release sites, scientific monitoring and managing human-wildlife interface.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
Under Project Cheetah, launched in September 2022 at Kuno National Park, the first batch of cheetahs was brought to India from which country?
- South Africa
- Namibia
- Kenya
- Botswana
ഉത്തരം കാണിക്കൂ
ഉത്തരം: B — The correct answer is Namibia, from where the first batch of cheetahs was flown in September 2022.
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