An initial group of 12 cheetahs will be flown to India from SA next month in a bid to re-establish a viable population of the world’s fastest land animals in the Asian country.
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The group of big cats will join eight that have already arrived from Namibia and the plan is to send a dozen every year for a decade, the South African environment department said in a statement on Thursday. A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the countries, allowing the transfer to take place.
