Baht

Dollars

Sterling

1 year

1800

60

30

2 years

3500

110

60

5 years

8500

270

142

Guinness

Guinness was born wild in 1987 and kept in a temple with monks for 14 years. He is different species from the other gibbons at the GRP: a Pileated Gibbon. He was bought to the project in November 2001 and was kept in quarantine for 3 years. The GRP then decided to be only focused on the white-handed gibbon and Guinness was sent to WARED in Ranong for 4 years. Here it was attempted to pair him with numerous females of the same species and sadly, all were unsuccessful.
Guinness arrived back at the GRP in January 2008, as it was decided he would live out his life here with us. It seems that he is happier by himself, however he will soon be moved down to a cage by the viewing platform, where visitors will be able to witness a different specie of gibbon and he will enjoy being closer to humans. Guinness loves to sing and it is noticeably a different call to the other gibbons here at the GRP. Sadly, he will not be able to be released back into the wild and will live out the rest of his life here at the project.

Mary

Mary was born at the GRP on the 1st October 2002 by caesarean section, because her mother Pompam was having problems in the late stages of her pregnancy. Sadly, her mother then rejected Mary and she was hand raised by staff and volunteers.
She was an energetic, healthy baby with strong will to survive and as soon as she was old enough, was placed into a cage with other gibbons to minimize human contact.
It was discovered shortly after that Mary had epilepsy and we therefore had to separate her from the other gibbons in the cage because we found them sitting on her during a seizure.
Mary’s seizures are now under control and it has been witnessed that her attacks are about once a month.

Gibby

Gibby was collected from Bangkok in February 2008 at the age of 6years, after being kept as a pet. Her owner looked after her very well, however Gibby has a very loud singing voice and neighbours started to complain. A decision was then made for her to be donated to the project.
Gibby is a different specie of gibbon, known as a Golden-Cheeked gibbon which are native to Indo-China.
Gibby sucks her thumb, which is often seen as a comfort if they were removed from their mother at a young age.
At present we are awaiting blood tests for her disease status before she can be moved to our rehabilitation site, where she will be part of our education at our viewing area.

Sumlee

Sumlee, our oldest male, was born wild in 1984 and after being bought from a poacher in Ranong, lived with his owner in Bangkok for 18 years until he became terminally ill and arranged for him to be collected by GRP. Upon arrival at the owner’s house we found him close to his owner’s dead body. He was very weak as the neighbours had tried to poison him. Sumlee is housed on his own as he has never bonded with any other human or gibbon, and can therefore never be released.

Joy

Joy was born wild in 1987 and is one of our oldest gibbons. Joy had been kept as a pet in the most distressing conditions. Being periodically starved by her owners resulted in her developing an eating condition and she becomes very agitated at feeding times. Due to her advanced years, we think it unlikely that she will ever overcome this problem and will definitely never be a candidate for release into the wild. Joy has a very distinctive call and is usually the first female to initiate the great call in the mornings.

Sam

Born wild in 1987, Sam is one of our largest and oldest gibbons. Following several escape attempts from his cage, his owner handed him over to GRP after coming home to find him in the kitchen with a knife. Possibly as a result of being punished, he is unable to sing, and therefore cannot partake in normal gibbon behaviour such as attracting a mate or defending his territory, so unfortunately he will never be released. A beautiful chocolate brown gibbon, Sam is a favourite at the viewing platform and likes to impress onlookers by hanging upside down and fanning himself with a leaf.

Endoo, meaning ‘sympathy’ or ‘pity’ in Thai, was born wild in 1998, and was being mistreated as a pet when her owner’s neighbours managed to acquire her and bring her to GRP. Initially, Endoo had a self-harming condition, which involved her biting and scratching herself, but she has since made excellent progress. Unfortunately though, due to this mentally prohibitive condition, we cannot pair her with another gibbon and it is therefore unlikely that she will ever be released.

Bo, born wild in 1987, arrived at GRP emaciated, having had his milk teeth filed down and generally in bad condition. Bo had a family with a gibbon called Lek and was released into the wild in 2003, however it became apparent that he was too institutionalized to be wild when he returned to the project six times, leaving his family in the forest. Bo’s cage adjoins Tam’s, and whilst they cannot cage share due to her disabilities, it is clear that they are firm friends and groom each other through the wire.

Born wild in 1994, Tam is a permanent resident at GRP due to her physical disabilities of only having one hand and one foot. Beaten so brutally by her owner that amputations were necessary, she was then put in a cage with other gibbons without introduction and they bit off all but two fingers on her remaining hand. Despite all this, Tam is gentle and friendly and is still able to play and move around in her cage. She is best friends with Bo in the cage next door and likes to be groomed by him through the wire.

When Rumthai, born wild in 2001 was brought into the GRP, she was one of the most distressing cases we have ever seen. Kept inside a tiny birdcage with virtually no room to move, her spine and arms had grown deformed and she was extremely small and weak. She has since improved greatly and can now use her arms to brachiate a little, although she still prefers to pick things up with her feet. Her deformities are too advanced to be reversed and therefore she cannot be released into the wild.

Jep, born wild in 2000; appeared in somebody’s kitchen dressed in baby clothes. Since being brought to GRP he has demonstrated distressing behavior at feeding times, but we have adjusted his feeding regime accordingly and he is starting to settle down. Having been extremely malnourished, he is very small for his age, even though he is at the age of sexual maturity. We will be closely monitoring him for a while and hope for him to have a cage mate in the near future.