Employees Reporter
Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno Nationwide Park is all set to welcome 12 cheetahs from South Africa on Republic Day.
All preparations to shift the cheetahs has been carried out at Kuno. After translocating the cat in Kuno, they are going to be launched into particular enclosure. From February, vacationers will likely be allowed to look at the cheetah. These 12 cheetahs have been quarantined in Africa for previous three and half months. After shifting these 12 cheetahs, Kuno could have 20 cheetahs in its periphery.
From February onwards, vacationers will likely be allowed to look at cheetahs imported from Namibia. The sanctuary has deliberate to launch all eight cheetahs in 500 hectare of enclosure ultimately week of January 2023. Officers claimed that each one noticed cats are wholesome and they’re killing prey independently. Forest Division can be coaching Sahariya tribal households for house keep underneath its cheetah tourism growth plan. They’re being skilled to take care of hygiene and prepare dinner meals for foreigners. Their homes are being repaired. Nationwide Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) and Ecotourism Board have collectively chosen ten Sahariya homes for the coaching out of that 4 households are fully skilled. Remaining six households are being skilled.
Forest officers mentioned that guidelines for Cheetah Safari will likely be just like that of Tiger Safari and vacationer will likely be requested for on-line reserving. There will likely be two shifts morning and night safari. There are right here zones in Kuno together with Tiktoli, Pila-Wavadi and Ahera. Cheetahs are enclosed in Tiktoli zone. Nonetheless Tiktoli zone is closed for tourism for final season with a purpose to safe the cat. As observe and roads are outdated within the zone, officers have began repairing work. All of the three zones have 180 km of observe whereas Tiktoli zone has 80 km of observe. Speaking to ‘The Hitavada’ District Forest Officer Prakash Verma mentioned, “We now have no closing order to start out cheetah tourism however preparation is being carried out. A complete of 60 guides are being skilled to talk in English language.” He additional knowledgeable that usually, cheetah kinds territory in 50 to 100 sqkm of space so preparation are being held accordingly. Cheetahs had been delivered to Kuno from Namibia throughout September 2022. There are 5 male and three feminine cats and all are wholesome. All cats are shifted to the enclosure had been they’re killing prey independently.
