Over 200 Elephants, World-Class Care Technology: Top 5 Things To Know About Vantara

Last Updated:September 15, 2025, 14:05 IST

Vantara is focused on creating best-in-class animal conservation and care practices, including state-of-the-art healthcare, hospitals, research and academic centres

Over the last few years, the programme has rescued more than 200 elephants, and thousands of other animals. (Vantara)

The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was looking into the affairs of Vantara, has given a clean chit to the zoological rescue and rehabilitation centre in Gujarat’s Jamnagar, news agency PTI reported. “Vantara is in strict compliance with laws; do not tarnish it," the SC bench said after taking a look at the SIT report, according to Livelaw.

The apex court had constituted the SIT on August 25 to conduct a fact-finding inquiry against Vantara amid allegations of non-compliance with laws and acquisition of animals from India and abroad, particularly elephants.

A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and PB Varale took the report on record and noted that authorities have expressed satisfaction on the issue of compliance and regulatory measures in Vantara. The Supreme Court, which perused the report on Monday, said it will pass a detailed order during the day after going through the report.

Here are five things to know about Vantara and what sets it apart:

1. The first-of-its-kind initiative in India has been conceptualised and birthed under the leadership of Anant Ambani, director on the boards of RIL and Reliance Foundation. Spread over 3,000 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.

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

3. Over the last few years, the programme 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.

4. The Centre has a 1 lakh sqft area for hospital and medical research centre. The hospital and research centre possess the most advanced technology with an ICU, MRI, CT scan, X-ray, ultrasound, endoscopy, dental scalar, lithotripsy, dialysis, OR1 technology that enables live videoconferences for surgeries and blood plasma separator.

5. More than 200 elephants, more than 300 big cats, including tigers, lions, jaguars, and leopards, more than 300 herbivores, including deer, and more than 1,200 reptiles, including crocodiles, snakes, and turtles, have found new life and hope in the Vantara ecosystem today.

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