A family of Hoolock gibbons was rescued after a challenging four-day operation in Horu Pahar village, Lower Dibang Valley district, forest officials said today, on December 6. The rescued group — an adult male, an adult female, and a juvenile — has been released into Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary and is now under intensive monitoring.

“We spotted all three individuals near the release site on Friday morning and they appear to be in a stable condition,” said Mito Rumi, Divisional Forest Officer of Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, as quoted by PTI. The gibbons had been trapped on a 45-metre ficus tree after agricultural expansion fragmented the surrounding canopy. “Their habitat had been reduced to a single tree. With no canopy connectivity, the animals were being forced to come down to the ground, whi

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