Gibbons face increasing threats from habitat destruction where they're normally found, in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. Wildlife trade is also a threat, with gibbons being captured from their parents as babies and sold as pets.

Over the past 50 years, the Gibbon Conservation Center has become a globally recognized institution dedicated to the care and well-being of gibbons.

The Gibbon Conservation Center, which has been running since 1976, is open for guided tours on the weekends