Filename:
WAM14200
Headline:
Tom plays with a mirror near her newly constructed home in the jungle. Gibbon Protection Society of Malaysia, Malaysia, 2019. Justin Mott / Kindred Guardians Project / We Animals
Description:
All is quiet as we pull off the main road and down a dirt driveway towards a nondescript shanty house in the Malaysian jungle far from the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. The structure isn’t visible from the main road, and neither is what is tucked away behind the residence.
Across the bridge is the temporary home of the Gibbon Protection Society Malaysia, founded by Mariani Ramli, who goes by Bam. Malaysia is home to 5 species of gibbons, all of which are endangered and on the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species. Like many primates, their biggest threat is a loss of habitat from deforestation, but they are also threatened by illegal wildlife traders capturing and selling them to people who want them as pets. To trap one baby gibbon, poachers often have to slaughter a family of around 10, because they will fight to the death to save their family.
Bam’s rehabilitation center is the only one of its kind in Malaysia. There the gibbons learn how to swing, climb, and feed in the wild. The self-proclaimed “surrogate mother of the gibbons,” Bam works tirelessly to help them. For now, the gibbons sing their beautiful songs to a world that isn’t listening. Bam and her team of volunteers hope to change that and to be their voice.
Area of Focus:
Compassion and Change,Wildlife
Supplemental categories:
Conservation, Rescues, Sanctuary, Wildlife Sanctuaries
Sublocation:
Gibbon Protection Society of Malaysia
City:
Undisclosed
Country:
Malaysia
Photographer/Filmmaker:
Justin Mott
Credit:
Justin Mott / Kindred Guardians Project / We Animals
Year:
2019
License Type(s):
Non-Commercial Use, Commercial Use
WA Keywords:
Size:
4568px X 3072px
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