Vantara is an animal rehab centre established by Reliance Industries Ltd and Reliance Foundation at Jamnagar, Gujarat.Ramesh said while the government claimed that this was not a management transfer, its past record does not inspire confidence.”Is this the first step towards handing over the zoo to a private enterprise?” he asked.”Such an agreement entered into in such a hush-hush manner raises many questions that need to be clarified in a transparent manner,” he added.The former minister said zoos, national parks, tiger and other reserves, and sanctuaries are all public services, and asserted that they “must never be privatised in any form”.
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