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PM Modi spent time with lion cubs...

News On Time Desk 04 March 2025

Ahmedabad Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also visited the Vantara Wildlife Rescue, Rehabilitation and Conservation Center in Gujarat after inaugurating it. Let us tell you that, Vantara houses more than 2,000 species and more than 1.5 lakh rescued, endangered and threatened animals. During this, the Prime Minister also took stock of many facilities. During this, the Prime Minister was also seen playing with many species including Asiatic lion cubs, white lion cubs, snow leopard cubs which are a rare and endangered species, caracal cubs. The white lion cub that Prime Minister Modi fed was born in Vantara, when its mother was rescued and brought here. Caracals, once found in abundance in India, are now becoming rare. In Vantara, caracals are raised in captivity under a breeding program for their conservation and are later released into the wild.

PM Modi visits Wildlife Hospital The
Prime Minister also visited the Wildlife Hospital in Vantara and saw the veterinary facilities, which are equipped with MRI, CT scan, ICU and other facilities, and also several departments including wildlife anesthesia, cardiology, nephrology, endoscopy, dentistry, internal medicine, etc. PM Modi visited the MRI room of the hospital and saw the MRI of an Asiatic lion. He also visited the operation theatre, where a leopard was undergoing life-saving surgery after it was hit by a car on the highway and was rescued and brought here.

PM interacted with doctors and support staff
The rescued animals are kept in places at the centre that resemble their natural habitat. Some of the major conservation initiatives undertaken at the centre include Asiatic lions, snow leopards, one-horned rhinoceros, among others. He also released rescued parrots at the centre. PM Modi also interacted with doctors, support staff and workers managing several facilities at the centre. The Prime Minister also saw large pythons, a unique two-headed snake, a two-headed tortoise, tapirs, leopard cubs that were abandoned in an agricultural field and were later found and rescued by villagers. He also saw elephants in their jacuzzi.

PM Modi interacted with other endangered species
The Prime Minister patted an okapi, interacted with chimpanzees that were rescued from a facility where they were kept as pets, hugged and lovingly played with orangutans that were previously kept in an overcrowded facility. PM Modi also got a close look at a hippopotamus underwater, saw crocodiles, walked among zebras, fed a giraffe and a baby rhino.