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In Photos: PM Modi Plays With Lions, Tigers, and Orangutan at Anant Ambani's Vantara

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: March 4, 2025 17:25 IST

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Gujarat on his three-day tour, visited and inaugurated Anant Ambani’s Vantara, an animal rescue, conservation and rehabilitation centre, on Tuesday.
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Vantara is home to more than 2,000 species and over 1.5 lakh rescued, endangered, and threatened animals.
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It is spread over 3000 acres in the Reliance Jamnagar refinery complex and is a state-of-the-art animal rescue and rehabilitation centre.
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Prime Minister was seen closely interacting and spending time with various species of animals which have been rehabilitated there.
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Prime Minister Modi explored various facilities at the centre in Vantara. He also 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.
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The rescued animals at the centre are kept in places which closely mirror their natural habitat. Some of the key conservation initiatives undertaken at Vantara include the conservation of the Asiatic Lion, Snow Leopard, One-Horned Rhinoceros, among others.
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He also saw a large python, a 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.
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Prime Minister Modi explored various facilities at the centre in Vantara. He also 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.
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PM Modi visited the Operation Theatre where a chimpanzee was being treated
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