Namibian cheetahs to be released into the wild in a month

Bhopal (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Forest

Minister Vijay Shah said that the Namibian cheetahs would be released into the wild during the next one month.

“Will release two male cheetahs to jungle approximately in a month. A date has not been fixed yet. After monitoring male cheetahs and their situation, we will release the female cheetahs,” Shah said.

Although the CPM has not formally made him a claimant but has cut the tickets of ex-CM Manik Sarkar does not have any ‘vote capital’ in the state. Its entire vote bank went with the BJP. CPM got more than 42 per cent votes despite losing. This means that it has largely retained its votes. The Congress, on the other hand, came down to two per cent votes as its entire vote went with the BJP. Despite this, the CPM has given 13 seats to the Congress. So, there is no special hope for the Congress. But Ajay Kumar, referring to Ji- tendra Chaudhary’s tribal identity, declared him the CM’s claimant.

Both the parties can get the benefit of this.

The state has 20 seats reserved for tribals and is dominated by the IPFT, an ally of the BJP, and Tipra Motha, another tribal party.

Both CPM and Congress are hoping to make a dent in the ST vote by naming a tribal chief minister.

The first set of Cheetahs brought from Namibia was released by PM Narendra Modi in the Kuno National Park in September, when eight of the big cats were flown in to revive their population in India after over half a century it went extinct in the country.

Minister Vijay Shah earlier said,

“PM Narendra Modi has taken up the initiative of re-introduction of Cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa.

In September, of eight cheetahs, five were females, and they were flown in from Windhoek in Namibia to Gwalior and then transferred to Kuno.

Meanwhile, 12 cheetahs from South Africa landed at Gwalior Airport on Saturday. The big cats made their journey in Indian Air Force’s C-17 Cargo plane.