CHEETAH REINTRODUCTION PROGRAMME Flashcards
Minister for environment,forest and climate change?
Bhupendra Yadav
How many big cats will be introduced in the next five five years?
50
Action plan launched at which edition meeting?
19th meeting of NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY(NTCA)
NTCA is which type of a body?
Statuatory body
When did cat got extinct in India?
1952
The world’s fastest land mammal that lives in africa and asia?
The Cheetah
PM launched the first global carnivore translocation of african cheetahs from which place?
Namibia to Kuno-Palpur in India
Under this plan,how many cheetahs will be introduced in different national parks in span of 5 yrs?
50 CHEETAHS
which authorities collabing?
National tiger conservation authority(NTCA)+ wildlife institute of India(WWI)
When did Indian gov. declare cheetah extinct in the country?
1952
When was cheetah beleived to have disappeared from Indian landscape?
Maharaja Ramanuj Pratap Singh deo of koriya
How many villages have been relocated from Kuno for this project?
24
cheetah also known as?
Acinonyx jubatus
Cheetah is a native cat to?
Africa and central Iran
IUCN status of african cheetah?
VULNERABLE
IUCN status of ASIATIC CHEETAH?
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Difference in size of african and asiatic cheeetah?
African-Bigger in size
Asiatic-Smaller in size
Current carrying capacity of Kuno National park?
21
where is kuno national park located?
MP
When was kuno national park established?
1981
When did state gov. changed the status of the wildlife sanctuary to kuno national park?
2018
Cheetah task force will be operational for?
2 yrs
Only country in the world to have living population of asiatic cheetahs?
IRAN
India has been planning to introduce cheetahs since?
1960s and 1970s
