Meet the Woman Risking Her Life to Protect the Endangered Gibbon
By Ellyn Kail on February 10, 2021
Bam Ramli, 33, founder of the GPSM (Gibbon Protection Society of Malaysia) holds 9 month-old Cinta at an undisclosed location in Pahang, Malaysia. Cinta was rescued from online traders during a sting operation. Bam is currently using her own house for the infants because they need constant care and GPSM doesn’t have the proper facilities yet. She says, “infants need a warm environment at night and need to be given milk every 4 hours.”
Bam is working tirelessly with the government of Malaysia to try to gain permission to build the first ever gibbon rehabilitation center in Malaysia. The GPSM operates off of Bam’s own money and private donations.