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Two cheetahs released into a tiger reserve, Madhya Pradesh's third cheetah habitat
बातमीत का?
Kuno, Gandhi Sagar, now a third site: the Project Cheetah locations order GS3 Prelims tests
Madhya Pradesh adds a third cheetah habitat under Project Cheetah.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
2 मिनिटे
Two cheetahs have been released into a tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region, which becomes the state's third cheetah habitat after Kuno National Park in Sheopur and Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary in Mandsaur.
Project Cheetah began in September 2022 with cheetahs brought from Namibia to Kuno.
स्रोत: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
महत्त्वाची तथ्ये
Remember these
- Two cheetahs were released into a tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region, the state's third cheetah habitat.
- The first two habitats are Kuno National Park (Sheopur) and Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary (Mandsaur).
- Project Cheetah began in September 2022, when cheetahs from Namibia were brought to Kuno.
- Kuno was the first release site; Gandhi Sagar followed as the second.
- Syllabus link: GS3 Environment, conservation and species in news.
पूर्व · मुख्य
How the exam will ask it
पूर्व
- Project Cheetah began in September 2022 with cheetahs translocated from Namibia to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
- Kuno National Park is in Sheopur district and Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary is in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh.
- Madhya Pradesh now has three cheetah habitats, the latest being a tiger reserve in the Bundelkhand region.
मुख्य
GS3 Environment: Project Cheetah is an intercontinental reintroduction effort to restore a species declared extinct in India. Adding a third habitat in Madhya Pradesh spreads the founder population across sites and lowers the risk of concentrating all animals in Kuno. The way forward is monitoring survival, prey base and human-wildlife conflict, and building a managed metapopulation with sustained scientific oversight.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
Under Project Cheetah, the first site in India where cheetahs from Namibia were reintroduced in 2022 was:
- Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh
- Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh
- Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan
- Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve, Andhra Pradesh
उत्तर पहा
उत्तर: B — Correct: Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh — Kuno National Park in Sheopur received the first batch of cheetahs from Namibia in September 2022. • Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh — wrong: Gandhi Sagar in Mandsaur became a cheetah habitat later, as the second site, not the first. • Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan — wrong: Ranthambore is a tiger reserve in Rajasthan and was not the 2022 release site. • Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve, Andhra Pradesh — wrong: Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam is a tiger reserve in Andhra Pradesh and has no link to the 2022 release.
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