Another 12 of the big cats are expected to join the group next month from South Africa amid hopes the population will eventually reach 40.
Scientists say modern India presents challenges not faced by the cheetah - the world's fastest land animal - in the past.
Once the cheetahs move beyond Kuno's unfenced boundaries,"they'll be knocked out within six months by domestic dogs, by leopards", said biologist Ullas Karanth, director of the Centre for Wildlife Studies in Bengaluru.To set the cheetahs up for success, authorities are relocating villagers from Bagcha near Kuno, while domestic dogs in the area are being vaccinated against diseases that could spread to the cats.
"Cheetahs play an important role in grassland ecosystems, herding prey through grasslands and preventing overgrazing," said conservation biologist Laurie Marker, founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund leading the Namibian side of the project.The cheetahs - five females and three males - arrived after a two-day plane and helicopter journey from the African savannah and will remain in a restricted area for several weeks before their wider release.
If all goes as planned, the cats will eventually be released to run through 5,000 square km of forest and grassland, sharing the landscape with leopards, sloth bears and striped hyenas.
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