Cheetahs make a comeback in India after 70 long years

This handout photograph provided by the Press Information Bureau shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi watching a cheetah after it was released in an enclosure at Kuno National Park, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Seven decades after cheetahs died out in India, they're back. Modi on Saturday released eight cats from Namibia to their new home: a national park in the heart of India. - AP

NEW DELHI (AP) - Seven decades after cheetahs died out in India, they're back.

Eight big cats from Namibia made the long trek Saturday in a chartered cargo flight to the northern Indian city of Gwalior, part of an ambitious and hotly contested plan to reintroduce cheetahs to the South Asian country.