“The cheetah is back in India, and its population is growing. In 2022, conservationists began reintroducing the species using animals from Namibia and South Africa. As of this week, the wild population has risen to 38,” notes The Doomslayer.
“Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday announced the birth of three cubs to South African cheetah Gamini at Kuno National Park.” Gamini is a “second-time mother.” “With the latest additions, the country’s total cheetah population has increased to 38,” reports The Economic Times.
“This is the ninth successful cheetah litter born in India, bringing the number of surviving Indian-born cubs to 27.”
Cheetahs went extinct in India in 1952.
India has also doubled its tiger population.
Neighboring Bangladesh is even more densely populated than India, yet it, too, is conserving key species. India has about 1300 people per square mile, while Bangladesh has more than 3,500 people per square mile — making Bangladesh denser than U.S. cities like Charlotte, Jacksonville, and Kansas City. It has little land to spare. It also is one of the world’s poorer countries. Yet, it is managing to save endangered species like Bengal tigers, whose numbers have grown over the last 9 years:
An endangered flat-headed cat was recently discovered.
Other species are also making a comeback. “The greater Bermuda snail, once thought to be extinct, is now thriving. After a few hundred were discovered in Bermuda’s capital city—likely the last of their species—conservationists bred and released 100,000 of them across the island, establishing six stable populations,” reports The Doomslayer.
Blue iguanas are making a comeback in the Cayman Islands. And “the critically endangered Lesser Antillean iguana is recovering after conservationists relocated some of the species’ last survivors to an island free of competing lizards,” reports The Doomslayer.
Elephant seals are proliferating in South Africa.
