ROING, 5 Dec: A stranded family of Hoolock gibbons, comprising an adult male, an adult female, and a juvenile, was rescued from the agricultural fields of Horu Pahar village, a fringe settlement near here in Lower Dibang Valley district, after a challenging four-day operation.

All the three rescued gibbons are currently under an intensive post-release monitoring protocol. As of the morning of 5 December, they were sighted in good condition near the release site in Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, DFO Mito Rumi said in a release.

The gibbon family had been confined to a single 45-metre-high ficus tree within a severely fragmented habitat, caused by agricultural expansion. Upon veterinary examination, the animals were found to be undernourished and underweight.

Due to the lack of continuous ca

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