Tiger80 Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 DonÃÕ book that ticket to Africa yet to see the fastest animal on Earth ÃÕhe cheetah. ItÃÔ going to be coming from Namibia to Madhya Pradesh in the next one year. The environment and forests ministry is set to clear the import of the African cheetah to Kuno Palpur, 210 km from Gwalior, despite reservations from some wildlife experts. India saw the last cheetah in the wild shot dead 64 years ago in Sarguja, Chhattisgarh. In all, three locations two in MP and one in Rajasthan are to get 18 cheetahs. A team of experts from Namibia, including Lorrie Marker, a cheetah conservationist, approved the landscape spread nearly 345 square kilometre for IndiaÃÔ most ambitious species-introduction project. ųe-introduction of the cheetah in wild can protect our neglected grasslands, said a top ministry official, while rejecting opposition from experts such as the director-general of forest, PJ Dalip Kumar, who believes the project would be ecologically unviable. Wildlife biologist Faiyaz Khudsar points out that there wonÃÕ be enough prey in the area to support a sizable cheetah population. But Marker and other experts involved in the project believe there are adequate ecological factors to support the wild cats. Cheetahs have been relocated within Africa but not outside the continent, leading to apprehension whether the animal would adjust to the new climate and habitat. But a recent study has shown that about 30,000 to 70,000 years ago cheetahs from Africa migrated to Asia creating a sub species the Asiatic cheetah before their rapid decline in the last century. Apprehensions of transporting the cats by air were put to rest by MK Ranjit Sinh, former MP forest secretary, who said that flying for a few hours will make no difference to the animal. Tiger conservationist Valmik Thapar said that the environment ministry should put India's wildlife system in order first, before introducing new species. http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Namibian-cheetahs-coming-to-MP/Article1-800541.aspx
DomainK Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Cheetah is a wonderful animal. Intelligent, elegant, fast and deadly. Perfect hunting machine created by nature.
Stuge Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 I hope they don't die because of this experiment .If they do it will be really sad .
hari504504 Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Cheetahs used to live in the region, so can't be all that bad. Climate shouldn't be a problem provided the landscape has enough jungle canopy for the cats. I hope it likes curry...welcome to India.
Yoda-esque Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Thought that Cheetahs were never found in India...
Clarke Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Are there mountains in the area which have plenty of dew ? If yes, this shall be a success!
hari504504 Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Thought that Cheetahs were never found in India... they were present in India till the early-mid 20th century..numbers quickly came down due to game-hunting by the Royals and the British officers.. the last one was hunted down by some king/prince The last physical evidence of the Asiatic Cheetah in India was three shot by the Maharajah of Surguja in 1947 in eastern Madhya Pradesh
hari504504 Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Are there mountains in the area which have plenty of dew ? If yes' date=' this shall be a success![/quote'] Yup..Cheetahs do love Mountain dew :winky: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUKs7NxUEYQ]Mountain Dew Cheetah BBDO New York 2000 - YouTube[/ame]
NeutralCat Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Cheetahs in India? Would be cool if it works out, but the Tigers are under serious threat because of population and loss of habitat, then you throw in the poaching etc. Cheetahs needs a lot of land area, just like the Tigers how are they going to make sure the Cheetahs in India won't be hunted, killed, how about land? I hope they have considered this, I know Cheetahs were a part of India but disappeared from India after hunting, poaching etc.
devla Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 This is from first hand experience. Something similar was attempted in the jungles close to where I grew up. The jungles are called "the dangs". The forest dept., in an attempt to save the forest teak from poachers, introduced jaguars to the jungle. The dangs didn't have the prey to sustain the jaguars, which then wandered into farmlands and villages and preyed on livestock. Our farm dogs were killed and eaten by them. Everyone was terrified to travel alone. Eventually, the villagers laid traps and caught 3 jaguars from 3 different locations close to the village. Whoever came up with this bright idea isn't putting their own hard- earned money into it. Man should leave nature alone. Just as evolution is part of nature, extinction is too. Let nature figure itself out.
Tiger80 Posted January 23, 2012 Author Posted January 23, 2012 This is from first hand experience. Something similar was attempted in the jungles close to where I grew up. The jungles are called "the dangs". The forest dept., in an attempt to save the forest teak from poachers, introduced jaguars to the jungle. The dangs didn't have the prey to sustain the jaguars, which then wandered into farmlands and villages and preyed on livestock. Our farm dogs were killed and eaten by them. Everyone was terrified to travel alone. Eventually, the villagers laid traps and caught 3 jaguars from 3 different locations close to the village. Whoever came up with this bright idea isn't putting their own hard- earned money into it. Man should leave nature alone. Just as evolution is part of nature, extinction is too. Let nature figure itself out. Is this the incident of India or some other country? If this is the incident of India then were the animals Leopards? Jaguars are found in South American rain forests,I don't think there was ever an incident of introducing them in wild in India
punjabi_khota Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 HAHAHA Namibian Cheetahs....Sounds like a ****ing IPL team name
Stuge Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Cheetahs used to live in the region, so can't be all that bad. Climate shouldn't be a problem provided the landscape has enough jungle canopy for the cats. yes They used to live in the region ,but they were adapted to this place .Cheetahs living in Africa aren't adapted to this place and they will have to adapt first before being released in the wild . Old video ,but worth watching how royal used cheetahs for Hunting in India . [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NevenDIp95A]People Hunting with Cheetahs, India 1939 - YouTube[/ame]
devla Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 Tiger, you're probably right. In gujju, the animal is called a deepdo. Probably a leopard.
NeutralCat Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 I don't see how the Cheetah's are going to survive and prosper in India, the population alone in India is massive and in competition with wildlife etc, how do they expect to have another predator that requires a lot of space for hunt etc.
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