Asia Sentinel

Asia Sentinel

Business/Economy

Is a Modern-Day Noah’s Ark in India Illegal?

Scion of billionaire reaps criticism for private collection of allegedly contraband wildlife

Oct 07, 2025
∙ Paid
Share
By: Gregory McCann
Ambani points with pride. Photo from Times of India

The vanishingly rare Spix’s Macaw, a type of parrot native to the Brazilian Amazon, was declared extinct in the wild in 2019, but a captive breeding program managed to turn the dire situation around, hatching hundreds in an enclosure, which eventually allowed Brazil to begin releasing …

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Asia Sentinel to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Asia Sentinel
Publisher Privacy
Substack
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture