Vantara is home to more than 2,000 species and over 1.5 lakh rescued, endangered, and threatened animals
PM Modi inaugurates Vantara
Ferociousness inside, calmness outside - PM Modi observes a crocodile
When the pride came calling! PM Modi sits along with ferocious lionesses.
An adorable moment! A Lemur sits calmly on the arm of PM Modi.
At the conservation centre, PM Modi lovingly feeds and plays around with Asiatic Lion cubs
PM Modi feeds an Alpaca
A rare sight! PM Modi walks along Gauri, a Greater one-horned rhino, while feeding her
PM Modi with extremely rare two-headed boa, which is a unique case of conjoined twins
FinTech BizNews Service
Mumbai, March 4, 2025: The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today inaugurated Vantara, a unique wildlife conservation, rescue and rehabilitation initiative in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Commending Shri Anant Ambani and his team for the compassionate efforts, he remarked that Vantara provides a safe haven for animals while promoting ecological sustainability and wildlife welfare.
In separate posts on X, he wrote:
"Inaugurated Vantara, a unique wildlife conservation, rescue and rehabilitation initiative, which provides a safe haven for animals while promoting ecological sustainability and wildlife welfare. I commend Anant Ambani and his entire team for this very compassionate effort."
“An effort like Vantara is truly commendable, a vibrant example of our centuries old ethos of protecting those we share our planet with. Here are some glimpses…”
“Some more glimpses from my visit to Vantara in Jamnagar.”
“At Vantara, I saw an elephant which was the victim of an acid attack. The elephant was being treated with utmost care. There were other elephants too, which were blinded and that too ironically by their Mahout. Another elephant was hit by a speeding truck. This underscores an important question - how can people be so careless and cruel? Let us put an end to such irresponsibility and focus on kindness towards animals.”
“There were other instances too. A lioness was hit by a vehicle with severe spinal injuries. She was getting proper care. A leopard cub abandoned by her family got a new lease of life, with proper nutritional care. I compliment the team at Vantara for the care given to several such animals.”
Vantara is home to more than 2,000 species and over 1.5 lakh rescued, endangered, and threatened animals.
PM explored various facilities at the centre. He closely interacted with various species of animals which have been rehabilitated there.
PM visited the wildlife hospital at Vantara and saw the veterinary facilities which are equipped with MRI, CT scans, ICUs among others and also house multiple departments including Wildlife Anesthesia,
Cardiology, Nephrology, Endoscopy, Dentistry, Internal Medicine etc.
Here he played with and fed various species including Asiatic Lion cubs, White Lion cub, Clouded Leopard cub which is a rare and endangered species, Caracal cub among others.
The White Lion cub which was fed by PM Modi was born at the Centre after his mother was rescued and brought to Vantara for care.
The Caracals which were once in abundance in India are now becoming a rare sight. In Vantara, Caracals are bred under a breeding program in captivity for their preservations and are released in the wild later.
PM visited the MRI room at the hospital and witnessed an Asiatic Lion undergoing an MRI. He also visited the Operation Theatre where a Leopard was going through a life saving surgery after being hit by a car on the highway and brought here after rescue.
The rescued animals at the centre are kept in places which closely mirror their natural habitat. Some of the key conservation initiatives undertaken at the Centre include Asiatic Lion, Snow Leopard, One-Horned Rhinoceros, among others.
PM had several close interactions with various ferocious animals. He sat face to face with Golden Tiger, 4 Snow Tigers who were brothers and were rescued from a circus where they were made to perform tricks, White Lion and Snow Leopard.
PM patted an Okapi, came face to face with Chimpanzees in open who were got from a facility where they were kept as pets, hugged and lovingly played with Orangutan who were earlier kept in an over crowded facility, saw up close a Hippopotamus which was under water, saw crocodiles, undertook a walk in between Zebras, fed a Giraffe and a Rhino calf. The one horned rhino calf was orphaned as her mother died at the facility.
He also saw a large Python, unique two-headed snake, two-headed Turtle, Tapir, Leopard cubs which were left in an agricultural field and
later spotted by villagers and rescued, Giant otter, Bongo (antelope), Seals. He saw elephants in their jacuzzi.
The hydrotherapy pools support recovery of elephants suffering from arthritis and foot problems, and improve their mobility.
He also saw the workings of the elephant hospital, which is the largest such hospital in the world.
He also released parrots which had been rescued at the Centre.
PM also interacted with doctors, supporting staff and workers who are managing various facilities at the Centre.
