By Shishir Prashant 
PrashantNews
Botswana has gifted eight cheetahs to India as the country’s symbolic donation during President Droupadi Murmu’s visit.
Murmu along with Botswana President Duma Gideon Boko visited the Mokolodi Nature Reserve on Thursday (November 13, 2025).
The two leaders witnessed release of captured cheetahs originating from the Ghanzi region into the quarantine facility by experts from India and Botswana. This event marks Botswana’s symbolic donation of eight cheetahs to India under the famous Project Cheetah. This event signifies the beginning of a new chapter in India-Botswana cooperation in wildlife conservation, an official statement said.
Under the project, cheetahs were brought from the African continent in 2022-23 to reintroduce them to India after nearly 75 years of extinction. On Sept 17, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released eight cheetahs brought from Namibia into a special enclosure at Kuno. It marked the world’s first inter-continental relocation of a large wild carnivore species and also the beginning of the project Cheetah in India. Wildlife experts said the project cheetah is moving in positive direction.