Is India ready to become a hot spot for the spotted one?
When the geographical location prefixing the name of certain animal sub-specie changes with each decade, it raises an alarm. So now that the ‘Indian’ cheetah has come to be known as ‘Iranian’ cheetah after a two-decade stint as ‘Asiatic’ cheetah, the Indian Environment and Forests ministry (MoEF) has taken notice. After a failed attempt in 2000 by Indian scientists, measures are being taken once again by India to translocate the cheetah.
The spotted cat, which takes its name from the Sanskrit word ‘citrakayah’ has been extinct from the sub-continent for well over 50 years. In 1947, disgraced Maharaja of Surguja shot down three cheetahs, which were incidentally the last few seen in India. It is the only species to become extinct in India due to unnatural reasons and “the only animal in the last 100 years”, as observed by Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh. “Reintroduction is a matter of national importance”, he added.
With a population of less than 90 cheetahs around the Kavir desert, Iran is very adamant to not part with the big cat. India on the other hand is increasingly persistent on relocating the cheetah. It is contemplating the import of the African sub-specie if Iran doesn’t cohere. The African Cheetah fortunately is relatively predominant in number with Namibia homing 3,500 of them. In all, it is speculated that close to 12,000 African Cheetahs survive.
When the geographical location prefixing the name of certain animal sub-specie changes with each decade, it raises an alarm. So now that the ‘Indian’ cheetah has come to be known as ‘Iranian’ cheetah after a two-decade stint as ‘Asiatic’ cheetah, the Indian Environment and Forests ministry (MoEF) has taken notice. After a failed attempt in 2000 by Indian scientists, measures are being taken once again by India to translocate the cheetah.
The spotted cat, which takes its name from the Sanskrit word ‘citrakayah’ has been extinct from the sub-continent for well over 50 years. In 1947, disgraced Maharaja of Surguja shot down three cheetahs, which were incidentally the last few seen in India. It is the only species to become extinct in India due to unnatural reasons and “the only animal in the last 100 years”, as observed by Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh. “Reintroduction is a matter of national importance”, he added.
With a population of less than 90 cheetahs around the Kavir desert, Iran is very adamant to not part with the big cat. India on the other hand is increasingly persistent on relocating the cheetah. It is contemplating the import of the African sub-specie if Iran doesn’t cohere. The African Cheetah fortunately is relatively predominant in number with Namibia homing 3,500 of them. In all, it is speculated that close to 12,000 African Cheetahs survive.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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