Context
A group of 27 international wildlife organisations has urged Vantara in Jamnagar, Gujarat, to make its 12-month pause on live-animal imports permanent. The appeal follows scrutiny of its wildlife imports under the CITES framework.
Explanation
- Vantara is a massive, 3,500-acre private animal rescue, care, and conservation facility located in Jamnagar, Gujarat, founded and funded by Reliance Industries.
- Critics argue Vantara’s massive imports threaten global conservation by exploiting loopholes that could launder wild-caught animals.
- Wildlife organizations warn this demand incentivizes illegal trafficking, while international bodies like CITES have scrutinized potential regulatory lapses regarding the transport of thousands of rare, endangered species into a private facility.
- CITES is an international agreement, adopted in 1973, regulating cross-border trade in wild animals and plants so that trade does not threaten their survival.
- India became a Party in 1976. India implements CITES principally through the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, strengthened by its 2022 amendment.
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