According to Jairam Ramesh, the Minister of State for Environment and Forests,the Indian government will introduce a multimillion-pound plan to import Cheetahs, a species on the verge of extinction, for Indian grasslands.
- The minister said that the government had failed to check the rampant killing of tigers, despite reserving a sum of £93 millions for the protection of the national animal of the country.
- The government would schedule a meeting of international experts in Rajasthan in September, to discuss the feasibility of setting up a "breeding nucleus" site for producing animals for Indian animal parks and sanctuaries.
- The subspecies survive in the Kavir desert of Iran, but the Islamic Republic's leaders always turned down request by India to provide even a sample of tissue of species for cloning purposes.
- K. Ranjitsinh, the chairman of the Wildlife Trust of India, said: "Suitable habitats are abundant in India, but are being managed terribly. The cheetah could be an important symbol, a lever to help protect even rarer species in the same areas."
Source: Top News
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