Vantara : A heaven for rescued animal by Anant Ambani
Jamnagar: Reliance Foundation announces it’s a new venture for animal care. It is Vantara - a comprehensive Animal Rescue, Care, Conservation, and Rehabilitation program, the first of its kind in India. @RelianceFoundationTV
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The idea of Vantara is conceived by Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani. Vantara aims to be a leading contributor to global conservation efforts.
Vantara means the Star of the Forest. Vantara located at Jamnagar is an umbrella initiative to focus on the rescue, treatment, care, and rehabilitation of injured, abused, and threatened animals, both in India and abroad. Spread over 3000 acres within the Green Belt of Reliance’s Jamnagar Refinery Complex in Gujarat, Vantara aims to be one of the leading contributors to conservation efforts globally. By working with leading experts in animal care and welfare, Vantara has converted a sprawling 3000-acre space into a jungle-like environment that mimics the natural, enriching, lush, and verdant habitat for the rescued species to thrive in.
Vantara is focused on creating best-in-class animal conservation and care practices including state-of-the-art healthcare, hospitals, research, and academic centers. Within its programs, Vantara also focuses on integrating advanced research and collaboration with reputed international universities and organizations such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF).
Over the last few years, the program has rescued more than 200 elephants, and thousands of other animals, reptiles, and birds from unsafe situations. It has undertaken initiatives in key species including rhino, leopard, and crocodile rehabilitation.
Vantara has a center for elephants and facilities for several other large and small species including lions and tigers, crocodiles, leopards, etc. The Centre for Elephants at Vantara is spread over a large part of the 3000-acre premises with state-of-the-art shelters, scientifically designed day and night enclosures, hydrotherapy pools, water bodies & a large elephant jacuzzi for treating arthritis in Elephants. It is home to over 200 Elephants who are cared for round-the-clock by a specialized and trained staff of over 500 people including vets, biologists, pathologists, nutritionists, and naturalists.
The Centre has a 25,000 square feet Elephant hospital, one of the largest in the world, fully equipped with portable x-ray machines, laser machines for diverse treatments, a fully equipped pharmacy, a pathology for all diagnostic tests, an imported elephant restraining device for diagnosis, hydraulic pulleys and cranes, hydraulic surgical table and a hyperbaric oxygen chamber for the Elephants.
The Centre has a special kitchen of over 14000 square feet dedicated to preparing a curated diet for each elephant keeping in mind their most necessary physical needs including their oral health.
The Centre also applies ayurveda techniques to care for the elephants, from application of hot oil massages to multani mitti, ayurveda practitioners also work round the clock for the Elephants.
For other wild animals that have been deployed in circuses or congested zoos, a Rescue and Rehabilitation center of over 650 acres within the 3000 acre premises has been created where animals from distressed and dangerous environments from India and all over the world are rescued and housed in state-of-the-art large enclosures and shelters.
With a staff strength of about 2100+, the rescue and rehabilitation Centre has rescued about 200 leopards from all over India which have suffered injuries in road accidents or man-wild conflicts. It has rescued over 1000 crocodiles from a severely overcrowded and congested facility in Tamil Nadu. It has rescued animals from hunting lodges in Africa, animals under threat of euthanasia in Slovakia, severely distressed animals from facilities in Mexico.
Over 2000+ animals across 43 species are under the care of the Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre. Today, the Vantara ecosystem has provided a new lease of life and hope to over 200 Elephants, over 300 large felines such as leopards, tigers, lions, jaguars etc., over 300 herbivores such as deer and over 1200 reptiles such as crocodiles, snakes and turtles.
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