Should the cheetah make a comeback?

Almost sixty years after it disappeared from India, the cheetah is making a comeback. Union minister of state for environment and forests, Jairam Ramesh announced in parliament some time ago that his ministry was working on a plan to reintroduce the spotted cat which was hunted into extinction by 1947. But there's a long road ahead before this proposal fructifies into reality. Added to this is the debate whether there is any need to reintroduce the cheetah now and whether it would be done at the expense of resources allocated to save the tiger. I spoke with a few conservation experts -- those who love the cheetah as well as those who don't(which mainly includes those who love the tiger more!) on the whole debate.

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