India, May 11 -- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav visited Kuno National Park on May 10 and 11 to release two female cheetahs that were brought from Botswana into the forest landscape.

According to a government note, the release is being projected as part of a larger transformation in Madhya Pradesh's wildlife governance model, where the state is attempting to move beyond its long-standing "Tiger State" identity towards a broader, multi-species conservation framework focused on habitat connectivity, conflict management, scientific rehabilitation and eco-tourism.

The two Botswana-origin female cheetahs are being shifted from soft-release enclosures into the wild landscape at Kuno National Park in Sheopur district. Forest official...