Bahar Dutt

Conservation Biologist • Environmental Journalist • Author

8 cheetahs heading back to India

Wildlife experts have relocated 8 cheetahs from Namibia to India. Cheetahs became extinct in India in 1952, reportedly due to poaching and habitat loss. Now 5 female and 3 male cheetahs will be introduced into special enclosures and kept in quarantine for 30 days. Their health and ability to acclimatise will be monitored before being released into the wild. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the national park on his 72nd birthday and launch the cheetah reintroduction project. Bahar Dutt, environmental journalist and author of Rewilding India, joins us for more.