ANIMAL CURIOSITIES

India, four cheetah cubs born: first time in 70 years

A wonderful piece of news is making its way around the world these days: four cheetah cubs have been born in a park in India. This is the first time since 1952 that a cheetah has been born on Indian soil, more than 70 years ago.

The species had been driven to extinction in India because of hunters, who sold the animal's beautiful spotted fur, but also because of changes in the cheetah's natural habitats. Now the aim is to reintroduce at least fifty of them, from Africa, within the next five years.

According to the WWF, there are currently only less than 8000 specimens around the world, most of them in Africa. At the moment, the four cubs are in the Kuno National Park.

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India, four cheetah cubs born: first time in 70 years
A wonderful piece of news is making its way around the world these days: four cheetah cubs have been born in a park in India. This is the first time since 1952 that a cheetah has been born on Indian soil, more than 70 years ago. The species had been driven to extinction in India because of hunters, who sold the animal's beautiful spotted fur, but also because of changes in the cheetah's natural habitats. Now the aim is to reintroduce at least fifty of them, from Africa, within the next five years. According to the WWF, there are currently only less than 8000 specimens around the world, most of them in Africa. At the moment, the four cubs are in the Kuno National Park.
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India, four cheetah cubs born: first time in 70 years
'Wonderful news' about the birth of four cheetah cubs (Acinonyx jubatus) in India's Kuno National Park. These were the words used by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when the video of the four cubs, sleeping curled up on top of each other, was posted by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change on Twitter.
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India, four cheetah cubs born: first time in 70 years
A project called 'Project Cheetah' has been implemented in India, which aims to bring back cheetahs, originally from Asia, but which have disappeared in India since 1952 due to hunting. Much is already moving in these months, with eight cheetahs from Namibia to be reintroduced to India in September 2022, and twelve more from South Africa in February 2023. It is estimated that 50 specimens should be reintroduced in five years.
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India, four cheetah cubs born: first time in 70 years
The mother of these cubs, named Siya, is one of eight specimens brought back to India last September, to celebrate, reports the New York Times, the 72nd birthday of the Indian Premier. The WWF estimates there are about 8000 specimens worldwide, most of them in Africa except for a small colony in Iran.
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India, four cheetah cubs born: first time in 70 years
The eight specimens transferred from Namibia in September are five females and three males, all between two and five years old, and were specially chosen for their "hunting ability, familiarity with humans and genetic profiles," Laurie Marker, American zoologist and executive director of the Cheetah Conservation Fun, the project's main partner, told The Times.
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