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- Nine wild African cheetahs were transported from Botswana to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, India, as part of Project Cheetah launched in 2022 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reintroduce cheetahs to India, extinct since 1952.
- Wildlife biologist Ravi Chellam and Nitin Rai say the project will fail due to insufficient habitat and prey.
- Former project designer Y.V. Jhala remains optimistic about the cheetahs' breeding and conservation contributions.
