Cheetahs again in India after 70 years. Here’s how world media reacted

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reintroduced Cheetahs in India 70 years after they have been reported extinct. Cheetahs are the one animals within the nation which have gone extinct since independence from colonial rule.

This can also be the primary time a big carnivore has been moved from one continent to a different and reintroduced to the wild. PM Modi on Saturday, his 72nd birthday, launched the cheetahs into the park. The large cats will spend the primary few months in a six-square-kilometre enclosure.

“Today the cheetah has returned to the soil of India,” Modi stated in a video tackle, including “the nature-loving consciousness of India has also awakened with full force. We must not allow our efforts to fail.”

An unforgettable day in Madhya Pradesh! pic.twitter.com/ius7WxTlDN

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 17, 2022

Meanwhile, negotiations are underway to herald 12 extra cheetahs from South Africa subsequent month.

Here’s how world media organisations lined the arrival of the eight large cats, 5 females and three males, in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno Palpur National Park.

WASHINGTON POST ON CHALLENGES OF GROWING CHEETAH POPULATION

A Washington Post article described challenges India might face in re-growing the cheetah inhabitants. The report, titled, ‘Cheetahs return to India after going extinct there over 70 years ago’, acknowledged that an Indian conservationist stated that the challenge’s scientific base was “weak” and that conservation claims have been “unrealistic.”

The report additionally referenced a South African cheetah skilled who works to extend the cheetah inhabitants. According to him, the large cats ought to be inside fenced-in areas and human motion have to be prevented within the space.

It additionally referred to the measures taken by the nationwide park officers to guard the cheetahs and maintain out poachers.

REUTERS ON INDIA’S EFFORTS TO BRING CHEETAHS BACK

News organisation Reuters, in a report titled, ‘Modi introduces imported cheetahs to India on his birthday,’ elaborated on India’s efforts since 2010 to carry Cheetahs again to the nation.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a digicam after he launched cheetahs in Kuno National Park. (Credits: India’s Press Information Bureau)

It threw mild on the Project Cheetah, begun in 2009 beneath former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s authorities to “bolster India’s environmental reputation.” It additional elaborated on the steps taken by the federal government to “set the Cheetahs up for success.”

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AL JAZEERA’S PROS & CONS TAKE

News company Al Jazeera, in its report titled, ‘India welcomes back cheetahs, 70 years after local extinction’, spoke concerning the challenges of reintroducing cheetahs in India and the obstacles to rising the indigenous cheetah inhabitants.

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The article additionally elaborated on the habitat loss and looking again within the Nineteen Fifties that led to the large cats disappearing from India. It additional referenced Indian scientists’ statements on what sorts of challenges the Indian habitat may pose to the cheetahs.

However, different conservation specialists opined that ‘the promise of restoring cheetahs to India is worth the challenges.’

BBC ON INDIA’S HISTORY WITH CHEETAHS

A report on the large cat’s reintroduction to India by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) spoke concerning the historical past of cheetahs in India and the nation’s efforts to carry them again.

An article titled, ‘Modi: India PM reintroduces extinct cheetahs on birthday’, dropped at mild how and why the large cats went extinct from India and the efforts after that to reintroduce them. The article additionally traces the standing of cheetahs in India close to the top of the Mughal empire.

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