Cheetahs from northern Africa may be imported into India:

 Cheetahs from northern Africa may be imported into India:

Cheetahs from northern Africa have been brought by a number of international experts, including those in the UK and the US.

According to officials, India is thinking about importing cheetahs from northern Africa due to worries that some of these huge cats from Namibia and South Africa had grown a winter coat during the country's summer. The unexpected growth of winter coats by certain cheetahs during the Indian summer and monsoon, in anticipation of the African winter (June to September), was one of the largest issues faced in the first year of managing cheetahs in India, according to officials.

According to a top forest authority, not even African experts had anticipated it. The animals scratched their necks on tree trunks or the ground as a result of irritation brought on by the winter coat and the extreme humidity and warmth. According to the official, this resulted in bruises and exposed skin, where flies lay their eggs, causing maggot infestations and, ultimately, bacterial illnesses and septicemia, which caused the death of three cheetahs.

"Northern and northeastern African cheetahs, which are found in the northern hemisphere, may be more adapted to Indian circumstances. We are debating this concept, but we have not yet looked into the cheetahs' situation in this region of Africa. We need to consider their populations, health, breeding cycle, etc., a cheetah project official said under the condition of anonymity. Cheetahs from northern Africa have been brought by a number of international experts, including those in the UK and the US. The person claimed that they had advised India to follow suit.

The Environment Ministry's SP Yadav, the director of Project Cheetah and Additional Director General (Forests), stated, "The idea that we may have cheetahs from northern Africa in the future has been discussed, but the next batch will come from South Africa." According to him, India intends to import cheetahs without thicker winter coats, which is a major cause of the serious infections that some cheetahs have had and the deaths of three of them.

Cheetahs were once common in some areas of northern Africa, but due to a sharp drop in their numbers, many of these nations now consider them to be extinct or very close to being extinct. The few cheetahs that are still alive in northern Africa can currently be found mostly in small, secluded groups in protected regions and national parks. Cheetahs can still be found, albeit in less numbers, in Algeria, Egypt, Niger, and Mali, among other places.

In two separate shipments, one in September of last year and the other in February of this year, Kuno received a total of 20 animals from Namibia and South Africa. Six of these adult cheetahs have passed away since March for a variety of causes. Three of the four pups that a female Namibian cheetah gave birth to died in May from the heat. The last cub is being nurtured by humans to become a future wild animal.