The Gibbon Rehabilitation Centre
At the Gibbon Rehabilitation Center in Kao Look Chang bordering the jungle of Petchburi, a few selected groups of gibbons are being rehabilitated to prepare to go back to the wild.
All these gibbons have come through the Wildlife Rescue Center and are now living on large natural islands, adapting to life in the trees again. In total we can accommodate over 50 gibbons on islands, a much better option than placing them in cages.
The islands are situated in a beautiful lake at the front of the rescue centre and you can watch the gibbons swinging through the trees and hear them singing their unique songs to each other.
Most gibbons are fed small amounts of food each day to supplement their diet, however they quickly learn to forage from the natural resources on the islands. The food is taken out to islands by boat and is hoisted up into the trees in a basket, thereby ensuring there is no human contact with the animals.
Two pairs of gibbons on the two of the islands have produced young, thereby showing the ultimate in natural behaviour. Frequent research programs have been implemented to study the behavior of both captive and wild gibbons alike. The islands give people a unique opportunity to study wild behaviour of gibbons who have previously been held in captivity.
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