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INTERVIEW | ‘Ignoring poaching and community around Kuno killed cheetahs'

INTERVIEW | ‘Ignoring poaching and community around Kuno killed cheetahs'

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India has struggled to involve impoverished local communities in restoring large carnivores such as tigers, lions and cheetahs. In Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno, the government has not acknowledged that poaching contributed to a recent cheetah killing, according to Yadvendradev Vikramsinh Jhala. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government has reconstituted the State Board for Wildlife, nominating three MLAs along with several conservation experts and civil‑society representatives, as per a Government Order from the Environment, Climate Change and Forests Department issued in October.

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    India has struggled to involve impoverished local communities in restoring large carnivores, be it tigers, lions or cheetahs. In Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno, the government has failed to acknowledge that poaching contributed to the recent killing of a cheetah, says Yadvendradev Vikramsinh Jhala, a leading…

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India has not performed well in including the local impoverished communities while restoring its large carnivores, whether they are tigers, lions, or cheetahs. In Kuno, the government failed to acknowledge the presence of poachers, which led to the killing of a cheetah says Dr. Yadvendradev…

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