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India is not the natural habitat of cheetah: Valmik Thapar as two more cheetah cubs die at Kuno Park

In an exclusive interview with India Today, veteran conservationist Valmik Thapar talks about the Cheetah project, deaths of cheetah in Kuno National Park and what needs to be done. 

Valmik Thapar said, "Before the first cheetah came in, I did very vocally and very firmly suggest that this was an ill-advised million dollar project, which would have huge problems because India is not the natural habitat of cheetah. India does not have the terrain that the cheetah needs, the food it needs and also the cheetah will not be able to deal with the hot Indian summer. "

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