Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday released eight cheetahs into Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park.PM Modi released two cheetahs from enclosure number one and after that about 70 meters away, from the second enclosure released another cheetah.The cheetahs were declared extinct from India in 1952 but today 8 cheetahs (5 females and 3 males) were brought from Africa’s Namibia as part of ‘Project Cheetah’ and the government’s efforts to revitalise and diversify the country’s wildlife and habitat.The eight cheetahs were brought in a cargo aircraft in Gwalior as part of an inter-continental cheetah translocation project.

Cheetah Returns!

PM @NarendraModi Ji released 8 cheetahs from Namibia at the Kuno National Park in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh.

Have a look! #CheetahIsBack pic.twitter.com/LYGAagL3Dd