The not too long ago launched Vantara is unfold over 3,000 acres throughout the Inexperienced Belt of Reliance’s Jamnagar Refinery Complicated in Gujarat.

New Delhi: Reliance Industries and Reliance Basis introduced the launch of the Vantara (Star of the Forest) programme on Monday. Vantara is an umbrella initiative which goals to rescue, deal with, care and rehabilitate injured, abused and threatened animals, each in India and overseas. The initiative is conceptualised by Anant Ambani, director on the boards of RIL and Reliance Basis.

“What began as a ardour for me at a really younger age has turn into a mission now with Vantara. We’re centered at defending critically endangered species native to India. We additionally wish to restore important habitats and handle pressing threats to species and set up Vantara as a modern conservation programme,” Anant Ambani mentioned on the event.

All You Want To Know Vantara

• Vantara is unfold over 3,000 acres throughout the Inexperienced Belt of Reliance’s Jamnagar Refinery Complicated in Gujarat
• Vantara goals to be one of many main contributors to conservation efforts globally.
• Vantara has rescued greater than 200 elephants and 1000’s of different animals, reptiles and birds from unsafe conditions over the previous few years.
• It has undertaken initiatives in key species together with rhino, leopard and crocodile rehabilitation.

Explaining the philosophy that impressed him to ascertain Vantara, Ambani added, “Vantara is a mixture of the age-old moral worth of compassion with the excellence of recent scientific and technological professionalism. I see Jeev Seva (animal care) as a seva in the direction of the almighty in addition to humanity. I drew inspiration to do that from my mom. Within the Hindu faith, it’s mentioned that animals are expensive to the gods.”

“We’ve got saved greater than 200 elephants and introduced them right here from all elements of the nation. We do ‘sewa’ of elephants right here. This isn’t a zoological park however a ‘sewalaya’. The 600-acre space has been developed as a pure habitat for elephants,” he mentioned.

“We’ve got made a veterinary hospital with state-of-the-art expertise. The hospital has MRI & CT scan machines, endoscopic robotic surgical procedure machines and 6 surgical centres. We additionally put prosthetics for the animals on the hospital right here … The zoological park will probably be opened to the general public quickly,” mentioned Ambani.

“Vantara goals to associate with the Zoo Authority of India and different related authorities organisations in bettering all of the 150-plus zoos in India when it comes to coaching, capability constructing and animal care infrastructure. We hope Vantara turns into a beacon of hope globally and may showcase how a forward-thinking establishment can assist the worldwide biodiversity conservation initiatives,” he added.