A leading research institute in India took advantage of the visit of the Iranian president, Khatami and asked him for a pair of cheetahs or at least some cells; The researchers seek to revive the extinct species from the Indian landscape through science
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Cheetah cubs. The Indian tiger will serve as a surrogate
An Indian research institution, one of the country's leading, has turned to Iran with a request to lend a pair of cheetahs or some cells of the agile mammal for cloning purposes. The reason the Indians want to clone the cheetah is that the animal became extinct in India more than 50 years ago. The Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology located in Hyderabad forwarded the request to the President of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, during his visit to the city at the beginning of the week. Singh.
The cheetah belongs to the cat family and is known as the fastest animal on earth. The cheetah disappeared from the Indian landscape due to the increased hunting in the region during the years of British rule in the country. Singh explained that the institute intends to establish an extensive laboratory that will deal with the revival of extinct species such as the cheetah. 110 million rupees ($2.3 million) will be allocated to the project. According to him, the Indian tiger can be used as a surrogate for the cheetah cloned embryo. He clarified that the Iranian cheetahs are the same as the cheetahs that lived in India in the past.
