Day before yesterday, we brought 8 cheetahs from Namibia.
After watching them on TV, I thought we have them in our forests. Then
what is the need to bring them from Namibia?
In Indian forests, we have leopards not cheetahs.
These 8 cheetahs are the only cheetahs in our country.
They were declared extinct in our country 70 years back.
What we have brought from Namibia are African cheetahs.
In India, we had Asiatic cheetahs. But extensive hunting and loss of their
habitat lead to their extinction. Now few of them are survived only in Iran.
Cheetahs are the fastest running animals but not leopards.
Both leopards and cheetahs can climb trees.
Unlike other wild cats, cheetahs are not an active threat to humans.
Cheetahs are friendliest to humans. Kings used to take cheetahs with
them during hunting.
People say that we can differentiate between leopard and cheetah based on
the black marks found on their skin.
But who is going to take the risk of identification after all they are wild
animals !!!
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