On August 19, Vantara released a press statement announcing a series of “voluntary commitments” including a 12 month moratorium — running through June 2027 — on all animal imports, backdated to June 5, 2026.
The statement also noted that the organization had withdrawn all pending import applications and would not submit any new ones.
The press release also included a letter addressed to India’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora (CITES) Management Authority, which oversees international trade of endangered plants and animals listed under CITES, a global wildlife trade treaty.
Illegal Import of Animals have often been linked to transmission of Zoonotic diseases with real life examples, Ebola virus by importing primates from the Philippines.
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