Richard C Paddock, The New York Times
Published: 22 Dec 2020 01:33 PM BdST
Updated: 22 Dec 2020 01:33 PM BdST A white-handed gibbon swings on a rope on at Tiergarten Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna in this Jan 10, 2012. REUTERS/FILE
The white-handed gibbon, captured as an infant by poachers, was rescued from a grim life amusing inebriated visitors in tourist bars, then spent eight years in a cage at a rehabilitation centre. );
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Now, this survivor of abuse and trauma lives in the jungle on Thailand’s Phuket island, where she was recently seen perched on a tree branch 50 feet above ground as her wild-born mate and their two offspring watched warily from nearby trees.