Project Cheetah: India welcomes cheetahs after 7 decades of extinction

Cheetahs once prowled India among lions, tigers and leopards. But for 75 years — the entirety of its existence as an independent nation — India has been bereft of cheetahs, the world’s fastest land animal. That changed Saturday, when eight cheetahs arrived in India after a flight from Africa. The cheetahs (5 females and 3 males) have been brought from Africa's Namibia as part of 'Project Cheetah' and the government's efforts to revitalise and diversify the country's wildlife and habitat.