Why Vantara is one of its kind: Setting global benchmarks in animal welfare

PM Modi inaugurated the Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited Reliance Foundation’s Vantara in Gujarat’s Jamnagar and inaugurated the Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre.

Spread across 3,500 acres, Vantara is a wildlife preservation project founded by Anant Ambani, director on the boards of RIL and Reliance Foundation. The project is also supported by Reliance Industries and Reliance Foundation.

Vantara is focused on creating best-in-class animal conservation and care practices, including state-of-the-art healthcare, hospitals, research and academic centres. It also collaborates with with reputed international universities and organisations such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF).

Here are the 10 key things to know about the initiative.

•It runs the world’s largest rescue operations for wildlife (with over 25,000 wild animals) and the largest Conservation & Breeding Centre (over 48 species).

•It is also houses Aisa’s first wildlife hospital with CT scan and MRI units.

• It has world’s largest and India’s only Animal Wildlife Quarantine.

•It has the largest Leopard Rescue Centre (over 300) and Elephant Care Centre (over 250).

•Vantara has Asia’s largest pharmacy for animals. It also has over 75 animal ambulances.

•Till date, over 250 international rescue operations have been successfully completed.

•Vantara’s state-of-the-art hospitals and clinics Include : CT scan, MRI, Ultrasound, Chemotherapy, X-rays, Endoscopy, Lithotripsy, Laser Therapy, Acupuncture, Robotic Laser Surgeries, Blood Bank, Blood Plasma Separator and Abaxis Vet Scan among other facilities.

•There are 25,000,000 trees in Vantara.

• Around 3,500 people work in Vantara.

• It has the world’s only central sterilisation facility dedicated towards wildlife conservation.

Under Vantara’s auspices, non-profit public trusts are dedicated to the selfless service of animals, setting global benchmarks in animal welfare. Committed to preserving endangered species, Vantara is spearheading innovative conservation breeding programmes for species such as the Cheetah, slender loris, vulture, and the Great Indian Bustard, with a special emphasis on animals native to India.