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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent

Cheetah deaths raise questions over India’s reintroduction scheme

One of the cheetahs seen in an enclosure before being flown from South Africa to India in February
One of the cheetahs before being flown from South Africa to India in February. Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

A programme to reintroduce cheetahs in India after 75 years has been called into question after three of the animals died in recent weeks and concerns were raised that their new habitat was unsuitable.

Since October, 20 cheetahs – which became extinct in the country in 1952 – have been brought over from South Africa and Namibia as part of a much-lauded government programme to house them in Kuno national park, Madhya Pradesh state.

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