Orangutan Sits Alone For Days — What She’s Protecting Left Zookeepers Speechless

A Complicated Future

There were still questions ahead. One day, the gibbon would grow. And gibbons were social too—they needed their own kind. “When she’s older,” the vet said, “we’ll slowly reintroduce her to her species. Maybe she’ll be accepted again.” But that was a problem for another time. For now, they had stability. They had peace. And the baby had a mother—against all odds.