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Watch: 12 Cheetahs from South Africa land in Gwalior on board IAF plane

Indian Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster Cargo plane carrying the 12 South African cheetahs – seven males and five females – has landed at Gwalior Airport. The plane took off from O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg on February 17.

A video posted by DD India on Twitter shows crates lined inside the craft.

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From Gwalior these big cats will be moved to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park in an IAF MI-17 helicopter.

Another video shows the loading of the crates with the animals inside them on the transport aircraft at Johannesburg.

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Also watch: 12 Cheetahs headed for India being loaded on plane in South Africa

IN Bureau

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