The project could see the cheetahs on Indian soil in three years, though some experts predict that the process might take longer. On arrival, the cheetahs will be confined to semi-wild locations before they are moved to the forests. “The return of the cheetah would make India the only country in the world to host six of the world’s eight large cats and the only one to have all the large cats of Asia,” said MK Ranjitsinh of Wildlife Trust of India. Gajner in Rajasthan and Kuno-Palpur in Gujrat are two possible areas that could host the cheetahs.
Apart from hunting and skinning, loss of habitat and prey is one of the most prominent reasons for the extinction of the cat. Even the tiger is at the receiving end of the eminent ‘forest drought’, which further raises questions pertaining to the welfare of the animal if brought to India. Secondly, the cheetah is the most inbred member of the cat family due to the genetic bottleneck they faced some 10,000 years ago. Due to this, they have pitifully low sperm count and are prone to inbreeding-depression. Thirdly, it feeds on livestock hence making it a susceptible target around the human settlements. Also more than 100 human settlements stand to be displaced in order to accommodate the cheetah. To make things worse, cheetah experts are apprehensive about bringing the African Cheetah stating that the natural habit is more suitable to the Asiatic sub-specie.
Apart from hunting and skinning, loss of habitat and prey is one of the most prominent reasons for the extinction of the cat. Even the tiger is at the receiving end of the eminent ‘forest drought’, which further raises questions pertaining to the welfare of the animal if brought to India. Secondly, the cheetah is the most inbred member of the cat family due to the genetic bottleneck they faced some 10,000 years ago. Due to this, they have pitifully low sperm count and are prone to inbreeding-depression. Thirdly, it feeds on livestock hence making it a susceptible target around the human settlements. Also more than 100 human settlements stand to be displaced in order to accommodate the cheetah. To make things worse, cheetah experts are apprehensive about bringing the African Cheetah stating that the natural habit is more suitable to the Asiatic sub-specie.
Jairam Ramesh may propose “ethical and ecological” reasons to bring back the animal but let us hope that despite all of that and the ‘pride’ in the backdrop, the ‘responsibility’ we inherit upon bringing the cheetah home is not shunned.
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