Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature has shipped off 12 chimps from DRC to Vantara, the largest zoo in the world belonging to India's richest man. Vantara is sucking in wildlife globally lepoint.fr/societe/le-som…

GI-TOC points out that the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species is the only multilateral environmental agreement to contain an obligation to penalize illegal activities affecting the environment, but don't have CITES CoP20 in Figure 1 globalinitiative.net/wp-content/upl…

The EAGLE Network reports that 12 chimpanzees have gone from the Kinshasa Zoo in DRC to GZRRC in India, the largest private zoo in the world belonging to India's richest man. Global Initiative Arcus Foundation: Great Apes & Gibbons Program Environmental Investigation Agency TRAFFIC CITES Born Free Foundation freetheapes.org/2025/02/27/con…

India's Prime Minister Modi inaugurates the largest alleged wildlife trafficking collection the world has ever seen, Vantara. independent.co.uk/asia/india/mod…

Many of the endangered species imported from other countries were supplied by highly questionable sources.

South African wildlife NGOs becoming aware of Vantara draining the country's wildlife TRAFFIC CITES Born Free Foundation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service VICE News UNODC Environment Team wapfsa.org/vantara/

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Ambani suppressing press critical of Vantara altnews.in/news-outlets-r…

New report on Vantara in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. It asserts that the zoo has more than 39,000 animals, many acquired from highly suspect suppliers. Supply lists of traders are now so low, that wild-capture to satisfy Vantara's demand is necessary. sueddeutsche.de/projekte/artik…

Vantara in India is not a rescue center, it is buying endangered species. This article has the price lists for Venezuela. armando.info/un-maraja-petr…

Vantara, Star of the Forest, now has over 150,000 animals. Are they all really "rescues"? youtube.com/watch?v=2CBieg…

Story of how the DRC wildlife authorities conspired with an Indian billionaire's emissary to ship off chimpanzees caught in the wild to the Vantara "rescue and rehabilitation" center TRAFFIC CITES africageographic.com/stories/how-dr…

More information in this expended version of the article reporting on irregular exports of chimpanzees from the DRC to Vantara in India. medium.com/@danielstiles/…

Conservationists are afraid of legal action from Vantara so keep quiet abc.net.au/news/2025-04-1…

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A new article on Vantara funny business just out. currencynews.co.za/exposed-the-bi…

Grim reading...

Vantara is hoovering up big cats patrolling.org/where-have-all…

India defies the CITES Secretariat's order to cease the issuing of Appendix I permits until their due diligence practices could be reviewed at SC 81 (late 2026). They will continue to allow Vantara to import endangered species animals from suspect sources cites.org/sites/default/…