On the completion of one year of implementation of Project Cheetah in India, a commemorative event was organised at Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh today. Addressing the event, Director-General of Forests & Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change C P Goyal said that the implementation of Project Cheetah is a win-win situation for both wildlife and local communities.

Project Cheetah is the first-ever intercontinental wildlife translocation. In 2022, the government of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Namibia and South Africa to translocate eight African cheetahs from Namibia and twelve cheetahs from South Africa.

Officials from the Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change, National Tiger Conservation Authority and Madhya Pradesh Forest Department appreciated that the project has already met four criteria mentioned in the action plan for assessing the short-term success. These include 50% survival of introduced cheetahs, establishment of home ranges, birth of cubs in Kuno and revenue generation for the local communities.

Talking about the success of the project, Head of Project Cheetah S P Yadav said, after one year Project Cheetah is successful in many ways which is very encouraging for the country to conserve wildlife.