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More cheetahs to arrive in Kuno, tourist safari allowed from Feb: MP CM
Eight cheetahs from Namibia were released into the park in September last year as part of an ambitious project to revive the extinct cheetah population in the country
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MoU delay holds up translocation of 12 cheetahs from South Africa to India
A dozen cheetahs quarantined in South Africa for more than four months have lost fitness in their wait to be flown to Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP) as a formal signing of an agreement is holding up their inter-continental translocation, wildlife experts have said. They said prolonged quarantine is taking a toll on the health of these big cats, who are slated to join the eight cheetahs imported from Namibia and released in KNP in Sheopur district in mid-September. In fact, the 12 South African cheetahs seven males and five females - have not hunted for themselves even once after being kept in bomas (small enclosures), said wildlife experts in know of India's cheetah reintroduction plan. Though there has been some forward movement in implementation of Project Cheetah with South Africa in recent days, Pretoria is yet to ink a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian government for transfer of the spotted cats to KNP. Three of them have been kept in Phinda quarant
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The Shutter-happy royal who found his calling on spotting his first leopard
Shaaz Jung, who left a corporate career in the US to pursue his passion for wildlife photography, says the animal is extremely rare and shy, making it difficult to capture on camera
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Lensman Steve Winter on his iconic shots, big cats and love for Indian food
Winter talks to Ruchika Chitravanshi about how he composes shots in his mind before actually shooting them and why he took up an Indian cooking course
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Meet the man who just made your jungle safari a more fulfilling experience
Manjunath Gowda has developed an AI-powered app that substantially raises tourists' chances of spotting a tiger or leopard in the wild
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Wildlife tourism can act as an effective conservation tool: Expert
While successful, most Tiger Reserves in India are small and the tigers protected within their boundaries are not viable
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