The cheetahs which were released recently in the Kuno National Park by the…
2022
The cheetahs which were released recently in the Kuno National Park by the Prime Minister of India were brought from ______.
- A.
Nigeria
- B.
Uganda
- C.
Kenya
- D.
Namibia
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Correct answer: D
Concept
Project Cheetah is India's programme to reintroduce the cheetah, which was declared extinct in the country in 1952. The source population for the first translocation came from southern Africa, where the cheetah still survives in viable wild numbers.
Application
On 17 September 2022, the Prime Minister of India released the first batch of eight cheetahs into a quarantine enclosure at Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.
This group of eight animals comprised five females and three males.
They were flown in from Namibia under an agreement (a memorandum of understanding) signed earlier in 2022.
Cross-check
A later, separate consignment of twelve cheetahs reached Kuno in February 2023; that second batch came from South Africa. The first batch that the Prime Minister released in September 2022, however, was sourced from Namibia.