After more than 70 years of life without the world’s fastest land mammal, India has reintroduced 8 cheetahs to the wild in the hope that a new population can be established. The big cats were flown in on a modified Boeing 747 (complete with a cheetah face painted on the nose…) from Namibia before a military helicopter took them to their new home in Kuno National Park. There they received an in-person welcome by Indian PM/birthday boy Narendra Modi, who tweeted that the “long wait is over, the Cheetahs have a home in India”. The animals were officially declared extinct in India in 1952, but 20 are being reintroduced in a bid to increase the dwindling international population of 7,000 wild cheetahs. It’s also hoped the program will encourage ethical tourism to support local economies and protect vital ecosystems. Go cats…