Thailand is home to four gibbon species, all of which are listed as endangered due to habitat loss and wildlife trafficking. Rescue, rehabilitation and release projects play an important role in protecting gibbon welfare and restoring ecosystems, but effectively rehabilitating and releasing gibbons is both difficult and costly. Two organizations, the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project and Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand, have been rehabilitating gibbons in Thailand for more than 20 years.

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