Hordes of leopards, lions and other big cats. A thousand crocodiles, pythons and boas numbering in the hundreds. Dozens of great apes are threatened with extinction. But also killer snails, Asian brown bears, snow leopards, and even Spix’s macaws, a species of blue parrot thought to be extinct in the wild. State-of-the-art neonatal unit, state-of-the-art veterinary clinic, elephant jacuzzi…
Near Jamnagar, in Gujarat, a semi-desert region located in western India, has emerged the world’s largest wildlife park. A truly extraordinary Noah’s Ark is called “Vantara” (“Forest Star”), stretches over 1,400 hectares and is adjacent to a large oil refinery. Comprising two twin buildings, the Radhe Krishna Temple Elephant Welfare Trust, founded in 2013, and the Greens Zoological, Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, founded in 2019, the site is owned by Mukesh Ambani, the richest person in Asia and the 18th richest person in the world, according to the magazine Forbes.
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