Photo: Hien Cu/Thanh NienA baby gibbon from a rare species was rescued from hunters in central Vietnam Wednesday and is now in good care. A baby white-cheeked gibbon plays with a teddy bear after rescued to a forest rangers station in Quang Ngai Province on July 13, 2016. The white-cheeked gibbon is now found only in Vietnam and Laos, living in primary evergreen forest. Forest rangers in Quang Ngai Province said they have received the 7-month-old gibbon of the northern white-cheeked species (Nomascus leucogenys) from a commune official, who paid for the animal to save it. The rangers will send it to a national park in the north for proper care before releasing it back to nature.

Source: Thanhnien News July 13, 2016 11:37 UTC