India Welcomes Second Batch Of Cheetahs From South Africa. In Pics

An Indian Air Force (IAF) plane carrying them in wooden boxes from South Africa landed at Gwalior airport. They were then taken to the KNP on IAF helicopters.

Photos from Air Force Station Gwalior show Cheetahs being transferred from a C-17 Globemaster III transport plane to IAF helicopters.

On Saturday, 12 cheetahs were brought to Madhya Pradesh from South Africa and put into quarantine enclosures in the Kuno National Park (KNP) in the state's Sheopur district. (Image Source: Indian Air Force)

After being taken to the KNP from Gwalior around noon, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Minister for Environment and Forests Bhupender Yadav released these felines into quarantine bomas. (Image Source: Indian Air Force)