India reintroducing the cheetah after its local extinction 70 years ago

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In India, the cheetah was declared extinct in 1952. Now, wildlife officials there are trying to re-introduce it with cheetahs brought in from South Africa and Namibia. It is the first time a large carnivore is being moved from one continent to another and reintroduced into the wild. Marco Werman speaks with Yadvendradev Jhala of the Wildlife Institute of India, which is playing a key role in the effort. 

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