Of these 12 cheetahs, seven are male and five are female.

This is the second group of cheetahs coming to Kuno.

New Delhi:

12 Cheetahs coming from South Africa have started their journey to India.

Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav gave this information by tweeting on Friday.

He said that the C-17 Globemaster aircraft of the Indian Air Force will deliver 12 cheetahs to India on Saturday.

Bhupendra Yadav had told on Saturday that 12 cheetahs would be released in their enclosures in Kuno National Park (KNP).

Of these 12 cheetahs, seven are male and five are female.

This is the second group of cheetahs coming to Kuno.

Earlier, on September 17 last year, the first group of eight cheetahs from Namibia was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the enclosures of Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on the occasion of his 72nd birthday. 

The 12 cheetahs arriving from South Africa, under the visionary leadership of PM Shri @narendramodi ji to restore our ecological balance, have begun their journey to India.



Indian Air Force's C-17 Globemaster aircraft will get them home tomorrow.



Get ready to welcome them.

pic.twitter.com/MRlDejQQlo

— Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) February 17, 2023

Officials said that at present these eight cheetahs are hunting in Kuno in three to four days and their health is fine.

He said that one female leopard was not in good health as her creatinine level had increased.

After treatment, his condition is now fine.

The level of creatinine in the serum helps to determine the health and function of the kidneys. 

India and South Africa had signed an MoU in January last year to bring cheetahs from the African country and resettle them in Kuno. 


Most of the world's 7,000 cheetahs live in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.

Namibia has the largest population of cheetahs.

Cheetah is the only carnivore that has become completely extinct in India mainly due to excessive hunting and loss of habitat.

The last cheetah in India was found dead in 1948 in the Sal forest of Koraiya district of Chhattisgarh.  

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