Cheetahs will not be able to come from Africa to India – Photo: Social Media Expansion A dozen cheetahs kept in isolation in South Africa for more than four months have lost fitness waiting to fly in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park. Because there is a difference between them due to the formal signing of an agreement. Continental drift and wildlife experts have said so. He said these cheetahs are ready to join the eight cheetahs brought from Namibia, which will arrive in mid-September. I have been released in Kuno National Park in Sheopur district. 15 South African cheetah seven males and five females even after being kept in a small enclosure Haven’t hunted. However, in recent times there has been some progress in the implementation of Project Cheetah with South Africa. Pretoria is yet to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of India to transfer the spotted cheetahs to the KNP. Experts said that three of them 80 have been kept at Phinda Quarantine Boma in KwaZulu-Natal Province and Roiberg Quarantine Boma in Limpopo Province since July. He has lost a lot of fitness, an expert told PTI. Because they haven’t hunted even once since July. Adding a running animal improves muscle mass and fitness, he said. When asked about the delay in signing an MoU, the expert said, South Africa’s Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creasy had last week approved the Indian proposal on the relocation of the cheetahs. He said that now the President of South Africa will approve the proposal to sign a formal agreement between the two countries. Another expert said a delegation from South Africa visited the KNP in early September to see arrangements at the wildlife sanctuary housing the world’s fastest land mammals. While another expert said, everything is positive about the project. But the MoU has not been signed yet. The delegation was satisfied with the arrangements at KNP. I think the MoU between New Delhi and Pretoria will be signed this month itself. Madhya Pradesh’s Principal Chief Conservator of Forests JS Chauhan said that they are ready to receive the South African cheetahs. The senior forest official said, I think the MoU will be signed soon. Wildlife expert and founder-secretary of Prayas, an NGO working for tiger conservation, Ajay Dubey said the fitness of the South African cheetahs is a matter of concern, as they will have to keep an eye on the stronger leopards in the KNP when they come to India. However, he pointed out that leopards and cheetahs co-existed in India for centuries before they became extinct in India . Forest Department officials said that in KNP from 15 leopards, including buffer zone 1,415 spread over an area of ​​sq.km. Wildlife experts said the South African cheetahs that came to India were born and brought up among leopards. They know how to avoid them. ,