Arunachal: Hoolock Gibbon Family Rescued After 4-Day Operation

• A Hoolock gibbon family (adult male, female, juvenile) was rescued after a four-day operation in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Dibang Valley district.
• The gibbons were stranded on a 45-meter tree due to habitat fragmentation caused by agricultural expansion, leading to nutritional stress.
• The rescued family was released into Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary and is now under intensive monitoring.
• The complex rescue involved Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary officials, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) experts, and mountaineering volunteers.
• Hoolock gibbons are India's only ape, a Schedule I species, and vital indicators of forest health; more rescue operations are planned for other stranded families.

Why It Matters: This rescue underscores urgent conservation for India's endangered Hoolock gibbons.