Vantara To Offer Chain-Free Haven For 20 Elephants Rescued From Logging Industry

The elephant rescue operation was carried out with the approval of the High-Powered Committee constituted by the Tripura High Court and entrusted by the Supreme Court of India, and with full consent of the current owners of the animals.

The rescued elephants include 10 males, eight females, one sub-adult, and one calf. Vantara, a private rescue centre owned by the Ambani family in Jamnagar, will become their new home.

In its press release, Reliance Industries noted how the elephants had suffered in the exploitative logging industry. One sub-adult, named Laxmi, for example, was born in captivity and struggles to bear weight on her hind legs due to deep, untreated wounds and suffers from a fresh, painful 1-inch diameter hole piercing her right ear pinna. Both the injuries were inflicted during the brutal taming process by humans.