Correct Answer : India
India and Namibia on Wednesday(20th July 2022) signed a crucial memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the reintroduction of cheetahs, declared extinct in the country in 1952.
A senior environment ministry official said the first batch comprising four male and four female cheetahs will arrive from Namibia in August.
"Talks are on with South Africa too. An MoU will be signed with them as soon as we get approval," the official said.
The fastest land animal in the world will find a new home in the Kuno-Palpur National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district.
The cheetah is the only large carnivore that got completely wiped out from India, mainly due to over-hunting and habitat loss. The last spotted feline died in 1948 in the Sal forests of Chhattisgarh's Koriya district.
