Trafficking and habitat loss spell doom for Bangladesh’s western hoolock gibbons

Mongabay
Dec 14, 2022, 3:35 pm125 pts
DHAKA — On Oct. 8 this year, police in Bangladesh recovered an endangered western hoolock gibbon from a passenger bus in the Chunati area of the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway. They also arrested two suspected wildlife traffickers, who were later convicted in court and sentenced to a year in prison and…

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