Claim OwnershipWill the Cheetah Change its Spots?: Story of the Cheetah’s Reintroduction in India
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At the dawn of independence, the cheetah went extinct in India. Nearly 70 years later, it is likely to be reintroduced in the country. Will this wildlife experiment succeed? Visit our multimedia page to know more.
Producer/Reporter: Anupama Chandrasekaran
Reporter: Sayantan Banerjee
Graphic Designer: Jessica Goel
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he first few cheetahs get captured in South Africa ahead of their Indian odyssey. Will this wildlife experiment prove to be a boon or a bane for these spotted felines?
Grasslands are the favoured habitats of cheetahs. Will the reintroduction of these speedsters revive this much-neglected ecosystem?
A sanctuary in Central India was readied for lions but the prides never arrived. In 2020, African cheetahs were proclaimed as the new tenants. Unfortunately, displaced indigenous communities bore the brunt of this dilly-dallying.
Cheetahs were docile, beautiful cats that many royals in India chose to capture. This greed for game hunting predators proved to be a death knell for the spotted cats in the South-Asian country.
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