Nearly 70 years after the cheetah was declared extinct in India, the animal is set to be reintroduced in the country, with the first batch arriving from South Africa and Namibia by the end of this year.

The central government’s initiative to reintroduce the cheetah, the only large mammal to become extinct after India’s Independence, was approved by the Supreme Court last year in response to a petition filed by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).

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