All the cheetahs will be personally welcomed by PM Modi today on his 72nd birthday.
At least eight cheetahs from Namibia – flying in a special cargo plane – have landed in Madhya Pradesh today morning, according to the officials.
The big cats will soon be flown in a helicopter to their new home Kuno National Park in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh where they will be released.
All the African cheetahs will be personally welcomed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today on his 72nd birthday.
On the occasion of his birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release three of the African cheetahs into the park’s quarantine enclosures today morning, an official said.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release cheetahs brought from Namibia today, in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park in Sheopur district. The Kuno park was selected as a home because of its abundant prey and grasslands.
Cheeetahs to arrive at Gwalior’s Maharajpura airbase
The plane with cheetahs will arrive at Gwalior’s Maharajpura airbase, operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF). An hour later, they will be flown in an IAF Chinook heavy-lift helicopter to the Kuno National Park.
Cheetahs For India Riding A Plane To Gwalior, Will Then Take A Chopper
The special cargo plane carrying eight cheetahs from Namibia will land at the Gwalior airport in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday morning instead of Jaipur in Rajasthan as planned earlier and the felines will be then taken to the Kuno National Park where they will be released, official sources said on Friday.
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The plane will arrive at Gwalior’s Maharajpura airbase, operated by the Indian Air Force (IAF), around 5 am and by 6 am, the felines will be shifted to the Kuno National Park (KNP) in a helicopter, they said.
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