Guwahati, Aug. 13 -- The Union Ministry of Forests, Environment, and Climate Change has declined to reveal the number of animals housed at the Vantara facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat, despite a direct question in Parliament.

Congress MP Sudha Ramakrishnan, representing Tamil Nadu, raised the query, asking whether the government had conducted inspections of the animals' living conditions at the Reliance Foundation-backed facility, as reported by Newslaundry.

She also questioned if any environmental impact studies had been carried out in connection with the site.

Vantara, a 3,000-acre conservation complex, combines the operations of the Radhe Krishna Temple Elephant Welfare Trust and the Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre. ...