Project Cheetah : India to bring eight more Cheetah from Botswana, first four to arrive in May

India will bring eight cheetahs from Botswana in southern Africa in two phases, including four by May, according to officials. The information about cheetahs to be brought was given by officials of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), who participated in a review meeting of the cheetah project in Bhopal on Friday in the presence of Union Minister for Environment, Forests & Climate Change Bhupender Yadav and MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, a release from the Madhya Pradesh government said.

The NTCA officials revealed that more than Rs 112 crore has been spent on the cheetah project across the country so far, with 67 per cent of the total expenditure going into cheetah rehabilitation in Madhya Pradesh, the release stated.