Sign & Please Help Save the Lar Gibbon...

It is said that the Lar Gibbon monkey is almost certainly extinct in China today, only to be seen in a zoo, Lets hope they wrong and a few are still out there. Due to the meat and illegal pet trade and not to forget deforestation these animals, these beautiful creatures are almost gone... They need YOUR help.  

Once plentiful in Southeast Asia, many gibbon species are currently endangered, including the Lar Gibbon. Even though the threat caused by deforestation is on the decline, these animals are still over-hunted for their meat. They are also captured in large numbers for the pet trade, even in protected areas. Gibbons are unlike other monkeys in that they act as seed carriers for the fruits they eat. They swallow most of the seeds in their diet, and several fruits that gibbons eat are dependent on the the digestive process to both remove the outer cover of the seeds and to disperse them through the environment. Without the gibbons, many of these fruit species could also be endangered. So once again man's greed for more has left the innocent to suffer, They need all the help that they can get from people and the help begins with you my friends, take a stand and show that you care, because when I send this petition in I want them to see that we do care and there are those of us who see the animal world as our brothers and sisters and we will take a stand. Please sign and pass it on to all that you know any way that you can. With respect always, James Howie.