The Gibbon SSP is dedicated to providing progressive and timely support to AZA-accredited and SSP-partner institutions in order to ensure the highest standards of husbandry and welfare for gibbons in managed care.
Gibbon News
New gibbon-based game in apple arcade
“Apple Arcade debuts Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, taking us on an ‘ecological adventure’ while also raising awareness about climate change and the endangered fate of a family of apes.”
-Mikhail Gomes (Features Editor, Lifestyle Asia India & Contributor - Augustman)
saving primates where they live
“The American Society of Primatologists (ASP) is the largest professional society of primatologists in North America. We aim to study and protect some of the world’s most endangered lemurs, monkeys and apes.
Unfortunately, more than 65% of primate species are threatened with extinction.
Major threats to primates include deforestation, mining, development, commercial agriculture, and hunting.”
Learn more about the conservation efforts being lead by the American Society of Primatologists and how you can help by clicking below:
Birth of critically endangered Hainan Gibbon brings population to 33
The Hainan gibbon recently made news with the formation and dispersal of a new breeding pair. Read article
Now research staff have announced the birth of a Hainan gibbon infant to a different pair, bringing the world population to 33 individuals.
responsible Use of images of non-human primates on social media
The IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group has created guidelines for appropriate use of non-human primates in images on social media. It can be tempting for professionals to post photos or video of them working with primates, however, images lacking context can be misconstrued and can inadvertently fuel the wildlife trade in range countries. Please read the guidelines and commit to supporting wild gibbons.
IUCN SSC Best practice guidelines for responsible images of non-human primates
Primates in Peril
This document presents the 2018–2020 iteration of the World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates list, drawn up during an open meeting held during the XXVII Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS), Nairobi, 22 August 2018. There are updates on the species profiles from the 2016–2018 edition (Schwitzer et al. 2017) for those species remaining on the list and added additional profiles for newly listed species. This publication is a joint effort of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group, the International Primatological Society, Global Wildlife Conservation, and the Bristol Zoological Society
