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  In India seven decades after cheetahs died out, they’re back. On Saturday in a chartered cargo flight to the northern Indian city of Gwalior eight big cats from Namibia made the long trek to the South Asian country to reintroduce cheetahs, part of an ambitious and hotly contested plan. In the heart of India is a sprawling national park where scientists hope the world’s fastest land animal will roam again, then they are moved to their new home. On Saturday morning Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister, released the cats into their enclosure. The cats emerged from their cage, tentatively while continuously scanning their new surroundings at first. “When the cheetah will run again then the grasslands will be restored, biodiversity will increase and eco-tourism will get a boost”, Modi said. In India cheetahs were once widespread and became extinct from hunting and loss of habitat in 1952. Since India’s independence in 1947 they remain the first and only predator to die out. To conserv...