Cheetahs make a comeback in India after 70 years

Cheetahs were once widespread in India and became extinct in 1952 from hunting and loss of habitat. [AP]

Seven decades after cheetahs died out in India, they're back.

Eight big cats from Namibia made the long trek Saturday in a chartered cargo flight to the northern Indian city of Gwalior, part of an ambitious and hotly contested plan to reintroduce cheetahs to the South Asian country.