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Eight Cheetahs brought from Namibia were released into specially made enclosures by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh on Saturday morning.

This is part of a programme to reintroduce them in India seven decades after they went extinct here.

PM Modi tweeted India's vision of Project Cheetah.

Project Cheetah is our endeavour towards environment and wildlife conservation. https://t.co/ZWnf3HqKfi

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 17, 2022

The 5 males and 3 female cheetahs were brought in a helicopter to their new home in Sheopur district from Gwalior Air Force station.

Earlier, on Friday, they were flown in from Namibia in a boeing aircraft. The aircraft was modified to make space for the specially created wooden crates in which they travelled during the 10-hour flight.

They big cats will be monitored through radio collars installed in them. This apart, each cheetah also has a dedicated team 24 hours a day.

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They will be in a quarantine enclosure for a month before being released into the forest.