A baby whitecheeked gibbon was recently rescued by a group of border police officers in Pu'er City of southwest China's Yunnan Province, during the crackdown of an illegal animal trafficking ring.

Based on the investigation carried out by the local forest police bureau, it was evident that the baby gibbon was purchased from Vietnamese traffickers in September.

"After our investigation, we got information about the suspect who had bought the gibbon from Vietnamese traffickers in order to cure his mother," said Wu Tao, police officer from Jiangcheng Forest Bureau.

The bureau’s technical department later confirmed that the gibbon belonged to animals under class1 state protection.

The baby whitecheeked gibbon a species of gibbon native to South East Asia, has been recovering its health for over a month under close supervision of the staff at Pu'er National Park.

Since the baby ape cannot survive on its own in the wild, the park staff has been constantly keeping a track of its health and eating habits.

"The baby used to always hide in one corner of the cage, either because it was malnourished or simply afraid. It gradually started trusting us, after we fed it with milk, bananas and bread. It loves to hug us all the time," said Hu Yaming, staff at Pu'er National Park.

An outdoor cabin has been built for the baby gibbon, and it’s been trained for outdoor survival, Hu said.

"When it’s completely healthy, we will release it into some place where it can survive with the help of local forest public security police," said Qian Fuchun, staff responsible for animal shelter at Pu'er National Park.

The whitecheeked gibbons are mostly found in the tropical rain forests covering the borders of China, Laos and Vietnam. There are now not more than 350 whitecheeked gibbons around the world.
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