The four cubs are the first to be born in the country since the big cat was declared extinct there.
India has welcomed the birth of four cheetah cubs - more than 70 years after the animals were declared officially extinct there.The country has been trying to reintroduce the big cats for decades, and last year brought eight cheetahs over from Namibia as part of the plan.The four cubs were born in Kuno National Park wildlife sanctuary to one of the females that came from Namibia last September.
When they were transported to India last year, it was the first time a large carnivore had been moved from one continent to another and reintroduced in the wild.Cheetahs - the world's fastest land animal - became officially extinct in India in 1952, after years of dwindling numbers because of hunting, a loss of habitat and not having enough prey to eat.
The vast majority of the 7,000 cheetahs in the world are now found in Africa - in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. The Asiatic cheetah is critically endangered and now only found in Iran, where there are thought to be about 50 left. The cheetah is listed globally as "vulnerable" on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.Watch: Curious cheetah joins safari group in Tanzania
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