BHOPAL, Feb. 5 -- Eight cheetahs gifted by Botswana during President Droupadi Murmu's three-day state visit to the African country in November last year will be translocated to the Kuno National Park (KNP) on February 28, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav has said.

Yadav said he discussed, among other issues, the "necessary cooperation and arrangements" needed to bring the cheetahs during his meeting with Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday.

KNP field director Uttam Kumar Sharma said five of the eight cheetahs were female. "Six cheetahs are adults, while two cheetahs are less than two years old. They are in quarantine in Botswana," he said.

The eight cheetahs, which were captured from Botswana's Ghanzi regio...