VietNamNet Bridge – Officials from the Forest Management Department in the southern province of Binh Duong confiscated four white-cheeked gibbons which were kept illegally at two premises in the province.

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Officials from the department and provincial police seized two white-cheeked gibbons during a surprise raid on a premises in Thuan An Town. The gibbons were being kept by a company that looked after animals, but the business's owner failed to show any documents related to the gibbons' origin.

Two other gibbons were discovered being kept in a house in Tan Uyen District.

All four of the white-cheeked gibbons are now being taken care of by the provincial Forest Management Department.

Dinh Van Vong, deputy director of the department, said white-cheeked gibbons can be found in the north and north-central parts of the country but are extremely rare. The gibbons are a protected species and it is illegal to hunt, trade or keep the animals.

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