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New batch of cheetahs from Botswana expected to arrive around February-end: Environment ministerIndia is set to welcome more cheetahs from Botswana by month-end, Union Minister Bhupender Yadav announced. He emphasized a comprehensive p...
India raises alarm as Himalayan glaciers melt, calls for greater regional cooperationWith the Himalayan region witnessing accelerated glacier melt and growing ecological vulnerability, Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Ya...
41 Spix’s Macaws reintroduced to Brazil: An initiative by ACTP and Anant Ambani’s VantaraThe Spix’s macaw, once thought extinct in the wild, is being successfully reintroduced in Brazil’s Caatinga biome. In collaboration with AC...
Cheetahs were not part of Kuno plan, key papers missing: State Audit reportAn audit report from the Madhya Pradesh government highlights rule violations and missing documents related to Project Cheetah at Kuno Nati...
After sudden cheetah deaths in Kuno in 2023, Centre had turned to Reliance's wildlife facility for helpFollowing the deaths of three cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, the National Tiger Conservation Authority enlisted experts f...
Amid setbacks, NTCA approves web series on Project Cheetah to 'showcase efforts to world'The National Tiger Conservation Authority has approved the filming of a web series on Project Cheetah to highlight India's efforts in reint...
India's reintroduction project on course despite challenges, says Cheetah Conservation FundThe cheetah reintroduction project in India, led by the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), has experienced both setbacks and successes in its...
India's cheetah project progressing well beyond initial projections: Namibia's Cheetah Conservation FundPrime Minister Narendra Modi released the first batch of eight spotted felines from Namibia into a quarantine enclosure at Kuno in Madhya P...
Centre sets up high-level panel to oversee cheetah projectThe Indian government has set up an 11-member steering committee to oversee the cheetah reintroduction programme and provide advice about t...
No real answers for Kuno cheetah deaths, just theoriesTo be fair, cheetah deaths were expected in the initial Project Cheetah study. In fact, the deaths are fewer than anticipated, and happily ...
Infighting and infrastructure glitches at Kuno National Park ahead of Cheetahs' shiftExperts are of the opinion that no release date should be discussed until all points of contention have been sorted out for good of cheetah...
India rediscovers its cheetah spotsNearly 70 years after they went extinct in India, the cheetah returns to the country. Eight big cats, travelling from Namibia, will be rele...
Plane carrying cheetahs from Namibia to land in Gwalior instead of JaipurThe special cargo plane carrying eight cheetahs from Namibia will land at the Gwalior airport in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday morning instead...
A jumbo with a tiger face will fly cheetahs to IndiaThe cheetahs will head for India in a customised Boeing 747-400 aircraft from Namibia's capital Windhoek.
Cheetahs migrated from North America 100,000 years agoThe cheetah is descended from a relative of American pumas and their fossil record extends across the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Cheetah reintroduction hits roadblock for want of fundsNauradehi has been found most suitable for the cheetah given that its forests are not dense to restrict the fast movement of the spotted an...
Government urged to implement 'Project Bustard' to save grassland bird from extinctionExperts believe the bird has already disappeared from more than 90% of its former range and the remaining few are found in small population...
- Cheetah reintroduction stirs up debate
Even as the Supreme Court will hear a petition opposing reintroduction of cheetah in India on Monday, the issue has stirred up a debate ove...
- Should the cheetah make a comeback?
Union minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh's announcement in Parliament that the cheetah would be reintroduced in In...
- Namibia auctions wildlife to raise funds for conservation
A South African farmer paid 4 million rands (US$527,000) for eight Namibian black rhinos on Friday, as Namibia auctioned five species of ra...