Shahgarh Landscape or Shahgarh Bulge Landscape is located in Jaiselmer District in

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n state of

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. This area is protected area for reintroduction of

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. The nearest city to this area is Jaiselmer. This area fences along the

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- Pak border. This area is about 4000 km² and has about 80 human settlements each having about 5 - 10 houses.

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will be the primary prey for

as the prey diversity is less in this region.

Cheetah The cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus'') is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal, estimated to be capable of running at with the fastest reliably recorded speeds being , and as such has evolved specialized ...

have been declared extinct in India in 1952.

External links

Assessing the potential for reintroducing the cheetah in India, 2010.
A report on the feasibility of cheetah reintroduction in India, jointly prepared by the

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(WTI) and

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(WII), and submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India ( Ranjitsinh, M. K. & Jhala, Y. V. (2010) Assessing the potential for reintroducing the cheetah in India. Wildlife Trust of India, Noida, & the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, TR2010/001). Also available at WII website

Accessed 1 February 2011. Also available at Ministry of Environment and Forests (India) website

Accessed 20 Sept 2011.
Project Cheetah (Brochure)
September 2010, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. Accessed 1 February 2011.
Reintroducing the Cheetah in India
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