Name
LUCKY
Sex : Female
Date of Birth : Unknown
Species : White-handed Gibbon
(Hylobates lar)
Description : Black
History :Lucky came to our Bangkok office in 2001. We were tipped off that a group of animals had been found in the home of an American lady who had died in the area. It appears she had kept Lucky as a pet but in such cramped conditions the musculature of her legs had wasted away. She did not know how to sing like a female gibbon should and was generally in a very poor state. We kept her in Bangkok for six months where she built up her strength and confidence in people.
In 2003 she was transferred to WARED. She has gradually developed her own style of song and has settled into her forest home. Her legs have not really improved and she can only swing from her arms and kick at the bars. Despite this, she keeps active in her cage and also likes to sunbathe! Lucky is currently living in a smaller cage than ideal due to space pressures at our sanctuary. She copes well but it is a situation we hope to change in the near future.
adopt her donor list = 1
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