India’s Vantara to establish world’s first wildlife veterinary sciences university

The article doesn't actually suggest that's what they are doing though as they keep calling it a university for wildlife and veterinary science with that "and" always being used. Large and small animal veterinary work would be almost identical to a custom wildlife version though. Veterinarians work well because animals are largely the same

Most of the animals are from overcrowded zoos, man-eaters, rescued work elephants and rescues from wildlife trading. Ambani can be hated for many things but this isn't one of them.

sorry but i would like to differ here, yes the programme had casualties and so do every other relocation programmes, what matters is the data and for that this is relatively successful. See the current cheetah populations is around 53: [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/namibian-cheetah-gives-birth-to-five-cubs-in-kuno-national-park-total-count-rises-to-53/article70721781.ece](https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/namibian-cheetah-gives-birth-to-five-cubs-in-kuno-national-park-total-count-rises-to-53/article70721781.ece) Of the 30 imported cheetahs around 10 have died, which is like a 66% survival rate, which is higher than the african translocations of large carnivores which is around 50%. Even South Africa's own cheetah reintroduction programme failed 9 out of the 10 attempts. South African experts (like Vincent van der Merwe) predicted a 50% mortality rate in Kuno's first year for the programme to be considered successful(relatively), specifically citing the South African experience as the benchmark. Simultaneously there are ongoing efforts to move surplus cheetahs(as we know cheetahs require massive ranges of around 1000 sqm compared to 748 sqm of kuno, so it's getting housefull) to different national parks to reduce the biological pressure on Kuno and to develop a metapopulation of these cheetahs, currently two parks are Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary(4-5 have already been transferred here as this sanctuaty is better for cheetahs compared to other two, as no leopards like kuno and no tigers like nauradehi so my babies gonna have no competition and also this area is quite semi-arid which is best for cheetahs) and Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary(another interesting thing Nauradehi has tigers unlike Kuno and Gandhi Sagar so an interesting confrontation, the transfer would start around mid 2026), both in madhya pradesh. Yes, the cheetah programme is quite a bit far from successful but it's also way ahead from being a failure. If India continues to maintain a cub survival rate above 50% (currently at 61.6%), it will be one of the most successful breeding interventions for cheetahs globally. However, the true test begins around 2027 when "Indian-born" cheetahs are moved unfenced territories, then the real tests begin, let's pray our little speed potatoes pass it. Yup there are loads of issues in this relocation programme and so is true for every other such porgramme but for each problem there are loads of solutions being worked upon too. And honestly, this is indian we are talking about, in terms of Megafauna conservation we are one of the best, you can check the world renowned successful conservations of Tigers, Asiatic Lions, One Hornes Rhinoceros, and Elephants(the currently this one is facing a bit problems due to overpopulation), other than that i have complete trust that this cheetah programme is gonna be a great success \^\^