Indian Air Force’s Mi-17 helicopters carrying the second batch of 12 Cheetahs landed at their destination, Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.
The big cats made their journey in Indian Air Force’s (IAF) C-17 Globemaster cargo plane.
The aircraft after a 10-hour long flight from Johannesburg, South Africa, landed at Air Force Station Gwalior today.
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed his gratitude to PM Narendra Modi and thanked him for increasing the number of Cheetahs in Kuno National Park.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Minister for Environment and Forests Bhupender Yadav released these felines into the quarantine bomas after they were transported to the KNP from Gwalior around noon.
“In Kuno National Park today, the number of Cheetahs is going to increase. I thank PM Modi from the bottom of my heart, it is his vision. 12 Cheetahs will be rehabilitated to Kuno and total number will become 20,” CM Chouhan said.
With the addition of these 12 members, the count of cheetahs at the KNP has gone up to 20.