Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav today chaired a high-level review meeting of Project Cheetah to assess the progress of the programme and deliberate on the future course of action. Senior officials of the Ministry, project experts and senior field officers associated with wildlife conservation in the country attended the meeting.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said that Project Cheetah is a pioneering initiative aimed at reintroducing the cheetah in India after its extinction in the country. The Ministry said that the programme was initiated through the translocation of a founder population of 20 cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa, which was further supplemented by 9 cheetahs from Botswana, through coordinated international cooperation and scientific planning.
The meeting came days ahead of the first International Big Cat Alliance Summit 2026 which will be held on 1st June in New Delhi.
