Gwalior: A charter cargo flight operating a Boeing 747 with special tiger livery that landed in Namibia on September 15 to bring back Cheetah to India after 70 years under the Project Cheetah will now land at the Gwalior Airport.
The flight was earlier supposed to land in Jaipur on September 17. From Gwalior, IAF operated Boeing Chinook helicopters will take the Cheetah to the KUNO National Park in Sheopur, said SP Yadav, Project Cheetah chief.
PM Narendra Modi will release Cheetahs in their new home in Madhya Pradesh on his birthday on September 17.
The Cheetah Reintroduction Project is first-of-its-kind transcontinental mission under which a total of eight Namibian Cheetahs will be brought back to the Indian territory after being extinct for over 70 years. Five female and three male cheetahs will head for India in a customized Boeing 747-400 jumbo aircraft from Namibia’s capital Windhoek, travelling overnight and reaching Gwalior on the morning of Saturday, September 17.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release eight cheetahs being brought from Namibia into the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. The large carnivore got completely wiped out from India due to their use for coursing, sport hunting, overhunting, and habitat loss.
