India’s mega-zoo under scrutiny for endangered species imports
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VANTARA Leading wildlife experts have urged India to suspend imports of the world’s most endangered species , citing concerns over mass acquisitions by Gujarat’s Vantara, officially the Green Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, run by Asia’s richest man’s son. The zoo claims 150,000 animals, though CITES officials counted about 47,000 during a September visit. A CITES report ahead of this month’s talks flagged “large number of imports… inconsistent” with rules protecting Appendix I
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