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S Africa ready to give cheetahs to India
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| The Indian Express , Tuesday, April 27, 2010 |
| Correspondent
: Neha Sinha |
| On the sidelines of the just-concluded climate change meet in Cape Town, India and South Africa — the two countries on Monday released a joint statement, pledging support to tackle climate change as part of the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) group — also discussed cheetahs, which the Ministry of Environment and Forests is trying to re-introduce here.
After a meeting between Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and his South African counterpart Buyelwa Sonjica, the latter has consented to part with cheetahs, extinct in Indian forests, for the re-introduction programme.
"South Africa is willing to give cheetahs to India," Ramesh said. "Now, we have the option of getting the animals from South Africa, Kenya and Namibia," he added.
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