Hope for hoolock gibbons
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On September 26, Cumilla Forest Department personnel rescued a four months old gibbon from a smuggling gang inside a Khulna-bound passenger bus on the Bandarban-Cox's Bazar road.
It was later brought to Jankichhara Wildlife Rescue Center at Lawachhara National Park in Moulvibazar.
Similarly, on December 2, Border Guard Bangladesh personnel rescued an adult gibbon from Khulna and referred it to the Moulvibazar facility.
At first, both the animals were sick. They were not eating properly. But after receiving care from the specialists and staffers at the centre, they are now recovering, and will be released to their natural habitat soon.
Creative Conservation Alliance's member Chanchal Goala has been caring for the two Hoolock gibbons for a month. The forest department officials also helped him.
He told this correspondent recently that gibbons are mostly fed forest leaves and fruits and are kept in two separate cages.
Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, divisional forest officer, told this correspondent that the gibbons are being fed carrots, bananas, apples and leaves
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"They should be kept here for a while. We're observing whether they are fit to be released into the forest. Once they recover completely, they will be released into the forest," he said.
Contacted, Nirmal Kumar Paul, Khulna DFO, "BGB rescued the adult gibbon in an abandoned state. It was brought from India and was sick. After giving it primary treatment, we sent the gibbon to the Moulvibazar rescue centre."
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, gibbons are critically endangered primates in Bangladesh.
They usually eat fruits and lives in tall trees. They need dense natural forests to survive.
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