Twelve cheetahs from South Africa arrived at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh

Twelve cheetahs from South Africa will arrive at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh today. 12 Cheetahs include seven males and five females.

Sources reports, the first group of eight Namibian cheetahs arrived at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on September 17 last year under the ambitious Cheetah reintroduction program.

The second batch of cheetahs embarked on the journey to Kuno from the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Gauteng yesterday, February 17.

The aircraft landed at the Gwalior Air Force base in Madhya Pradesh at 10 am today.

The forward journey covered in the IAF's MI-17 helicopters.

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the cheetahs into their quarantine enclosures.

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia were also present on the occasion. 

As per the official information, the Cheetahs’ health were tested first and then they will be kept in quarantine for a month.