New Delhi, April 26 -- As Cheetah pugmarks eagerly anticipate venturing beyond the boundaries of their first home, Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, attention now shifts to the nearby Gandhisagar Wildlife Sanctuary in the State, where the ambitious Project Cheetah is poised to expand . Plans are afoot to release five to eight felines into a fenced area for breeding and conservation efforts later this year.

This was shared by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a pivotal statutory body entrusted with overseeing the protection and preservation of big cats in the country, in its recent post on social media X, former known as Twitter.

Five to eight cheetahs will be released into a fenced area in the new areas of Gandhisagar ...