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Madhya Pradesh: The eight cheetahs were transported to Kuno National Park from Gwalior Air Force Station this morning after being brought from Namibia. Planes arrived in Gwalior, where they were welcomed by Union Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will introduce eight cheetahs from Namibia into the Indian wildlife on his birthday, and they were transported there aboard a tiger-faced B747 Jumbo plane. According to a statement released by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Thursday, Initiative Cheetah, the first intercontinental large wild carnivore translocation project in history, is bringing the fastest land mammal to India.
Cheetahs are transported by helicopter to Kuno National Park.
स्वागत है! स्वागत है!! स्वागत है!!!
— Office of Shivraj (@OfficeofSSC) September 17, 2022
कूनो अभ्यारण्य में आ गये चीते! #MPWelcomesCheetah pic.twitter.com/BGnFpXZ93W
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, CM of the MP, greets PM Modi at Gwalior.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands at the Indian Air Force Station in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2022
PM Modi will release the 8 cheetahs- from Namibia, into Kuno National park and will attend a program of Self Help Groups in Sheopur.
(Pic Source: MP CM SS Chouhan's Twitter account) pic.twitter.com/7yMsQTEDGh
The release of eight cheetahs into the Kuno National Park will take place once Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Kuno.
The special leased cargo jet that arrived in Gwalior this morning carried eight cheetahs from Namibia.
#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh: Earlier visuals of the 8 cheetahs from Namibia being brought out of the special chartered cargo flight that landed in Gwalior this morning.
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2022
Indian Air Force choppers,carrying the felines, are enroute Kuno National Park where they'll be reintroduced today pic.twitter.com/R2UV36N8E1
After more than 70 years, cheetahs are once again roaming Indian territory. Today, PM Modi will perform their release in Kuno National Park.
The PM Modi aircraft has touched down at the Gwalior airport.
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It was a momentous occasion when cheetahs were transported to their new home by IAF Chinook aircraft.
#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh: Indian Air Force choppers, including Chinook, enroute Kuno National Park with the 8 Cheetahs from Namibia. pic.twitter.com/Xva2HB7OFa
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2022
When the cheetahs arrived in Gwalior, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia gave them a warm welcome. Eight cheetahs from Namibia were on a special chartered cargo flight that touched down in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
A special chartered cargo flight, carrying 8 cheetahs from Namibia, landed in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2022
(Source: Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia's Twitter handle) pic.twitter.com/Fkmwqukuj3
For Madhya Pradesh, PM Modi joins
PM @narendramodi emplanes for Madhya Pradesh, where two major programmes will be held. In a historic occasion, Cheetahs will be released at the Kuno National Park. PM Modi will also attend a programme of Self Help Groups in Sheopur. https://t.co/1RUQjlCQRO pic.twitter.com/ocnMHyEumz
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) September 17, 2022
Two significant events will take place in Madhya Pradesh, where PM Modi has been appointed. Cheetahs will be released at Kuno National Park in a historic event. PM Modi will also go to a Self Help Groups event at Sheopur.
Also Read: Madhya Pradesh: Why Kuno Was Chosen As Habitat For African Cheetahs?
Shivraj Singh Chouhan calls the reintroduction of cheetahs into MP's Kuno National Park a "historic step."
Flight from Namibia carrying 8 cheetahs lands at Gwalior airfield | Video
#WATCH | The special chartered cargo flight, carrying 8 cheetahs from Namibia, landed at the Indian Air Force Station in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/xFmWod7uG5
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2022
The biggest wildlife event in a decade was the reintroduction of cheetahs to India:
The reintroduction of cheetahs from South Africa to India, according to MP CM Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, is the biggest wildlife event of this decade.
MP | We were a tiger state, leopard state & now becoming cheetah state. We prepared Kuno 20 years back & removed villages so wildlife may grow & villagers be safe. Dreams coming true now. This would be the biggest event for wildlife in this decade: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan pic.twitter.com/BC1T815Yvn
— ANI (@ANI) September 16, 2022
Cheetahs are on a special chartered cargo jet that lands at Gwalior Airbase.
#WATCH | The special chartered cargo flight, bringing 8 cheetahs from Namibia, lands at the Indian Air Force Station in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the cheetahs into Kuno National park in MP today, on his birthday. pic.twitter.com/J5Yxz9Pda9
On his birthday today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the cheetahs into the Kuno National Park in MP.
The special chartered cargo flight, bringing 8 cheetahs from Namibia, lands at the Indian Air Force Station in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the cheetahs into Kuno National park in MP today. pic.twitter.com/pGIb21HwVu
Cheetahs, once extinct in India, are about to be reintroduced | Watch
WATCH: Wildlife experts were seen making preparations to relocate cheetahs from Namibia to India, as part of efforts to reintroduce the world's fastest land animal into the South Asian nation pic.twitter.com/SzBeyhoYBZ
— Reuters Asia (@ReutersAsia) September 16, 2022
In an effort to reintroduce the world's fastest land mammal into India, wildlife specialists are moving cheetahs from Namibia to Madhya Pradesh.
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