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#cheetahinIndia a short thread. The Indian Prime Minister will officially announce the reintroduction of the Cheetah in India tomorrow, on the occasion of his birthday. Expect fanfare and a carefully crafted greenwashed speech that mixes conservation with nationalism.
There has been plenty of discussion on the feasibility, the pros and the cons of this. From long term ecological viability to practical constraints associated with preybase, space, genetics and threats. Here is a podcast that discusses all of these issues bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
What is largely missing in most discussions on the topic are issues of justice and fairness. 28 villages were hurriedly relocated from Kuno two decades ago for the reintroduction of Lions from Gir. They never came. Read this thought provoking article- ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/in…
