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News and Announcements
Beginning in Spring 2009 for 8
months, the bridge at Bouquet Canyon Road and Vasquez
Canyon Road will be undergoing construction and be narrowed to just one lane.
URGENT PLEA TO OUR FRIENDS AND
SUPPORTERS:
The Gibbon Conservation Center
needs to begin collecting funds now to purchase property in order to relocate.
Encroaching local development will soon become a very real threat to the health
and well-being of our gibbons. Stress from the sight and noise of construction,
and microorganisms in the dust stirred up in earth moving, pose unacceptable and
lethal dangers.
Such a move will be, by far,
the greatest and most difficult undertaking GCC has ever faced. While
maintaining the facility in its present location, we must find the additional
funds to purchase property, obtain permits, build enclosures, offices and living
space for the director and staff, then move the entire contents of the current
facility. Most importantly, the safety and health of the gibbons during the move
must be carefully planned for and assured. This move will take at least a year
and a half, but we must begin immediately.
Our most urgent need is for at
least 20 usable acres (or the funds to buy) in Los Angeles, Ventura, San Luis
Obispo or Monterey County, or other mild climate more suitable for the gibbons.
Can you help with a donation
of land or any amount of money to help purchase it? All contributions are tax
deductible. Please write us at PO Box 800249, Santa Clarita, CA 91380, call
661-296-2737,
or email
info@gibboncenter.org.
Thank you!
photo by G. Skollar
female infant
pileated gibbon and mother |
Rare Births
We are proud to announce the birth of a female pileated gibbon
(Hylobates pileatus) named "Violet" who was born on 23 April 2009. There
are less than 20 pileated gibbons housed in three institutions in North
America. We house half of them. Only 30,000 remain in the wild with
approximately 24 known captive breeding pairs worldwide.
We are also pleased to announce the birth of a female Javan gibbon
(Hylobates moloch). The second female Javan gibbon born in the USA was
born here at GCC on 5 June 2009. "Ula" represents the seventh birth of
this endangered species in the USA, all of which were born at GCC.
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photo by G. Skollar
female infant Javan gibbon and
father |
Video of a 2005 interview with Alan Mootnick by Leon Worden at Santa Clarita
Valley TV
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Our previous
fundraiser
was a big success. Thank you very much to all who participated and
donated.
KTLA
story on fundraiser |
White-handed gibbons extinct in China
China's fauna exhibits a unique diversity of apes. Unfortunately, the apes are
more strongly endangered by extinction in China than in any
other country. A research team assembled by anthropologists of Zurich University
now conclude that another ape species has just become
extinct in China's Yunnan province.
Read the
report
L.A. Weekly article on
newsstands Oct. 2, 2008 can be viewed
here.
An article about GCC and Alan
Mootnick appeared in the Los Angeles Times June 11, 2008 along with a
video.
View KNBC
Patrick Healy's report
on the Gibbon Center's need to relocate,
which aired May 23, 2008.
Good News for
Hoolock Gibbons in Their
Native Habitat:
"Tree
fellers turn forest protectors
Innovative project stops illegal logging at Lawachara
by
ZAM
Khairuzzaman
SHAMSER Ali, Shamim, Manik and Sujai, four former tree fellers of Doluchhara,
dropped their axes and whipsaws about three months ago and have became active
members of a 20-member community patrol team in the Lawachara National Park. . .
. "(see
entire article)
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Award Bestowed
On Sept.
22, 2001, The Wildlife Waystation honored Alan Mootnick with a Paws
of Fame Award at their gala 25-year Silver Safari Brunch
for Alan’s extraordinary commitment to the Gibbon Conservation Center and its inhabitants, and to all animals’ welfare.
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CONSERVATION CENTER