India to reintroduce cheetah 60 years after ‘extinction’
July 9th, 2009
It is the only one of the big cats no longer found in the country. While the tiger population has declined rapidly, India has spreading prides of Asiatic Lions and a healthy leopard population.
The last documented sight of cheetahs in India was in 1947 when an Indian prince shot three during a hunting expedition. They were formally declared extinct in 1952.
Wildlife campaigners say the cats, which are the fastest land animals, were hunted into extinction from the Mughal period when Emperor ...
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