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Saturday, 20 April 2024 8.03 AM IST

Worlds fastest animal with humans' best friend; Kuno national park may soon work this bond

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Kuno national park in Madhya Pradesh was seldom discussed before. However, the place was all in the news just for the government's action to end a near-extinct run of one species— Cheetah. The large cat mostly cloistered in Africa has been brought to Indian soil after decades. Cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa were flooded to Kuno in a prudent attempt by the government to better again the cheetah population in the country. Cheetahs are companionable animals that cannot live a life secluded. According to many findings, cheetahs are facing fast extinction from the earth, even in Africa where they are aplenty in numbers.

To end the dismay induced by solitudes, American zoos are trying out an odd pairing of cheetahs with canine companions — dogs. The trained dogs were allowed to roam past near cheetahs and the result was astounding. The fastest animal on the planet is showing good camaraderie with the humans’ best friend. In the New Jersey zoo, a dog puppy was placed along with newborn cheetah cubs which made it difficult to distinguish. The cheetahs may consider the dog pup as their own herd and consider them one. The result shows the bonhomie of a successful pairing while growing up and an easygoing friendship that ends the solitary sojourn of cheetahs.

Hunted to extinct in India, Isreal, and Egypt, the cheetahs are less than 7000 in the world now. That is a drop of 90% from 1900.

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